Antecedents of tourist trip planning autonomy: The moderating effects of a global economic crisis

Milagros Fernández-Herrero, Rosa María Hernández-Maestro and Óscar González-Benito
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Milagros Fernández-Herrero: 16779University of Salamanca, Spain
Rosa María Hernández-Maestro: 16779University of Salamanca & IME Business School, Spain
Óscar González-Benito: 16779University of Salamanca & IME Business School, Spain

Tourism Economics, 2022, vol. 28, issue 5, 1153-1173

Abstract: With national data from tourists who reside in Spain, this article researches antecedents of tourist autonomy in trip planning, including both tourists’ characteristics and details of their trips. The results indicate positive relationships of tourists’ educational background and their travel experience with autonomy but negative relationships of trip length with autonomy. These data from Spain also highlight the role of the last global economic crisis, revealing its moderating influence on the relationships among several of the antecedent factors and autonomy. These results in turn have relevant managerial implications for tourism operators.

Keywords: economic crisis; tourists’ characteristics; trip characteristics; trip planning autonomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/1354816620981523

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