Differences in the economic performance of hotel-based and residential tourist destinations measured by their retail activity. Evidence from Spain

José Francisco Perles-Ribes, Ana Belén Ramón-Rodríguez, Martín Sevilla-Jiménez and Luis Moreno-Izquierdo
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Current Issues in Tourism, 2018, vol. 21, issue 18, 2076-2107

Abstract: This paper compares the economic performance of holiday and residential tourism destinations in Spain, as measured by the level of retail activity, from a quantitative perspective. Differences between destinations are explored. A positive association between the economic development of destinations and their retail index was expected. However, no significant differences were found between residential/second-home tourism and holiday/leisure tourism destinations. The results obtained contradict the conventional assumptions that holiday destinations perform better economically than residential ones due to a higher level of tourist spending of people accommodated in hotels.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2016.1240155

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