Built environment and urban cruise tourists' mobility

Antoni Domènech, Aaron Gutiérrez and Salvador Anton Clavé

Annals of Tourism Research, 2020, vol. 81, issue C

Abstract: The article studies the relationship between the characteristics of the built environment and the spatial behaviour of cruise passengers in a city. For this purpose, the mobility of cruise passengers visiting the city of Tarragona (Catalonia) is monitored by means of GPS tracking technologies and analysed through the use of GIS. Consideration has been given to diverse and multiple indicators related to the syntax of the urban space, its physical attributes, the economic activity and the visibility of tourist points of interest. Results show that the visibility of tourist points of interest and the type of economic activity have more influence than other factors related to the characteristics of the urban layout. The resulting information is particularly valuable for city management.

Keywords: Cruise tourism; Tourist mobility; GPS; GIS; Spatial analysis; Space syntax (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.102889

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