Stationary Traffic as a Factor of Tourist Destination Quality and Sustainability

Robert Maršanic, Edna Mrnjavac, Drago Pupavac and Ljudevit Krpan
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Robert Maršanic: Department of Sustainable Mobility and Logistic, University North & Road Administration Primorje and Gorski Kotar County, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Edna Mrnjavac: Department of Tourism, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 51410 Ika, Croatia
Drago Pupavac: Transport Department, Polytechnic of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Ljudevit Krpan: Department of Sustainable Mobility and Logistic, University North & Primorje and Gorski Kotar County, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: Since the Republic of Croatia is one of the most popular European and world tourist destinations, the aim of this paper is, from the user’s ( n = 596) point of view, to research the importance of stationary traffic in tourist destinations. The purpose of this paper is to point out the possibilities of improving the tourist destination quality and sustainability through an adequate parking service. In order to corroborate constructed scientific hypotheses, a larger number of scientific methods were used from which a polling method, analysis and synthesis method, descriptive statistics method, t -test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) should be singled out. The major finding of this paper indicates a relatively big importance of stationary traffic (M = 6.51; SD = 2.21) as an element of tourist destination quality. Moreover, regarding the quality of tourist destination, the results of this paper suggest that the parking space availability is more important than the way parking or parking payment are organized. Between the experienced parking problem in a tourist destination and age on one side and evaluation of the importance of stationary traffic as an element of tourist destination quality on the other side, a statistically important connection was established. Gained knowledge can be particularly helpful to hotel industry managers but also to traffic managers whose duty is to provide an adequate number of parking spaces in tourist destinations.

Keywords: stationary traffic; parking; hotel industry; tourist destination; quality; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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