Patterns of self-drive tourists: The case of Nanning City, China

Yaping Liu, Yu Zhang and Linlin Nie

Tourism Management, 2012, vol. 33, issue 1, 225-227

Abstract: Based on 340 valid questionnaires, the spatial behavioural characteristics of self-drive tourists from Nanning City are discussed in the paper. Survey results show that the majority of respondents took five self-drive tourist trips per annum. These were primarily during holiday periods and at weekends, with a common duration of 2–3 days on each trip. Their overall spatial behavioural characteristics are congruent with the concept of General Distance Attenuation Patterns. Scenic spots are strong attraction nodes but are discontinuously and disproportionally distributed, so consequently the spatial behavioural characteristics irregularly change with distance.

Keywords: Spatial behavioural characteristics; Self-drive tourists; Nanning City (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.01.025

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