Tourists' Length of Stay: The Case of International Summer Visitors to Norway

Christer Thrane and Eivind Farstad
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Christer Thrane: Faculty of Economics and Organization Science, Lillehammer University College, Box 952, 2604 Lillehammer, Norway, and Institute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway
Eivind Farstad: Institute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway

Tourism Economics, 2012, vol. 18, issue 5, 1069-1082

Abstract: Tourists' length of stay is a variable of key importance for any tourism destination due to its crucial effect on overall tourism expenditure. This study, using several econometric techniques, examines how nationality and a number of other independent variables affect length of stay. The empirical setting is the inbound summer tourism market in Norway, and the data refer to a large-scale visitor survey conducted in 2007. The results show that nationality explains many of the differences in length of stay among international visitors to Norway. The results also highlight how international visitors' age, spending patterns and other trip-related characteristics are associated with length of stay. The implications of the findings for tourism policy, segmentation and further research are, finally, discussed.

Keywords: length of stay; OLS regression; survival analysis; international visitors; Norway (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0158

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