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Robustness of Distance Decay for International Pleasure Travelers: A Longitudinal Approach
Author(s) -
Lee Hee ‘Andy’,
Guillet Basak Denizci,
Law Rob,
Leung Rosanna
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.861
Subject(s) - distance decay , pleasure , tourism , geographical distance , robustness (evolution) , econometrics , exponential decay , predictive power , advertising , marketing , economics , psychology , business , economic geography , geography , demography , physics , sociology , population , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , neuroscience , nuclear physics , gene , quantum mechanics
Distance decay explains tourism demand in terms of destination distance from the origin. Although travelers tend to travel further over time, scant research studies have examined the relationship between temporal variant and distance decay. This study examines the relationship between distance and destination choice of Hong Kong international pleasure travelers’ activity over a decade. A constant pattern of distance decay with two secondary peaks was identified for a decade. This study suggests a threshold of a three‐hour flight for a five‐day trip before demand declined exponentially. The findings imply that the no traveling zone would result from weak pulling power. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.