A latent class approach to tourists’ length of stay

Joaquín Alegre, Sara Mateo and Llorenç Pou

Tourism Management, 2011, vol. 32, issue 3, 555-563

Abstract: In this paper, a conditional demand function is estimated for the length of stay at a tourist destination. The microeconomic model specifies the demand for the length of stay conditional on the remaining holiday characteristics that the tourist has chosen (the destination, type of accommodation etc.). The empirical model uses a latent class truncated Poisson regression, which acknowledges the existence of groups or segments of demand with different preferences. In the case under study, a distinction is made between two segments with a preference for either a longer or shorter holiday. The statistical model also resolves a problem of multimodality, acknowledged in previous analyses to be one of the main characteristics of this variable.

Keywords: Length of stay; Duration of holiday; Latent class model; Truncated Poisson regression; Conditional demand function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.003

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