Golf Tourism Repeat Choice Behaviour in the Algarve: A Mixed Logit Approach

Antónia Correia, Carlos Barros and António Luís Silvestre
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Antónia Correia: Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-117 Faro, Portugal
António Luís Silvestre: Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Tourism Economics, 2007, vol. 13, issue 1, 111-127

Abstract: This paper focuses on the behavioural intention of repeater golf tourists in the Algarve. The analysis employs a questionnaire undertaken in 2004 to ascertain the significant characteristics of the returning golf-playing tourist. A random parameter logit model is used to analyse which characteristics (for example, individual characteristics, motivations, tripographic variables, and the most quoted attributes of golf destinations) are associated with the probability of golf tourists playing in the Algarve to return to this Portuguese tourist region, taking into account uncontrolled heterogeneity of the data. This model outperforms the standard logit model. Some policy implications are presented.

Keywords: tourism; mixed logit model; public policy; golf (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.5367/000000007779784489

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