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Determinants of international tourist choices in Italian provinces: A joint demand–supply approach with spatial effects
Author(s) -
Pompili Tomaso,
Pisati Maurizio,
Lorenzini Eleonora
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12467
Subject(s) - tourism , spillover effect , destinations , supply and demand , economics , variable (mathematics) , economic geography , gravity model of trade , location theory , spatial econometrics , econometrics , microeconomics , geography , international trade , mathematics , mathematical analysis , archaeology
Only recently is research merging demand and supply approaches in explaining tourist market equilibria. This paper innovates in three ways. One: we jointly consider demand and supply explanatory variables and spillover effects originating from contiguous areas by designing a unilateral gravity model augmented with spatial effects (spatial Durbin model). Two: we raise the economic profile by prioritizing an expenditure variable over flow variables (arrivals, overnight stays, length of stay) and taking into account travel costs (via the origin–destination distance). Three: we differentiate spatial contexts by focusing on international tourist origins and on local (NUTS3) destinations. Results confirm previous literature only in part.