 Nature-Based Tourists in the Gironde Estuary: Examining and Identifying the Relationship between their Expenditure and the Motivations for their VisitReview of Economic Analysis, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 70-85 Abstract: This paper is a first attempt to investigate the effect of motivations, trip characteristics and the socio-demographic characteristics of tourists on their daily expenditure in the Gironde estuary. The paper examines the effect of these factors by adopting a quintiles regression and an OLS regression. Mainly the quintile regression allowed us to establish a segmentation approach into light, medium and heavy spenders. The empirical results indicate a significant relationship between the importance attached to perform a seaside tourism experience by tourists and their daily expenditure on a current trip. Surprisingly, these results contrast with the fact that the variable reflecting whether or not tourists have already visited a natural amenity appears to have no influence on the level of daily expenditure by tourists. The investigation additionally finds that travel motives, though to a lesser degree, when taken in tandem with variable such as household income, mean of accommodation chosen by tourists influence touristsÕ daily expenditure. Keywords: Gironde estuary tourists; daily tourist expenditure; nature-based tourism; quantile regression. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ren:journl:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:70-85 Access Statistics for this article Review of Economic Analysis is currently edited by Dr. Jerzy (Jurek) Konieczny More articles in Review of Economic Analysis from Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library |
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