Economic performance amongst English seaside towns

Sheela Agarwal, Sanzidur Rahman (), Stephen J. Page and Steven Jakes

Current Issues in Tourism, 2024, vol. 27, issue 16, 2631-2648

Abstract: Within urban and tourism studies, although much research has focused on uneven city prosperity and competitiveness, little is known about factors influencing seaside town economic performance. We adopt a place-based approach to understand its determinants amongst 58 of England’s largest seaside towns drawing on a bespoke database. Through Partial Least Square analysis, Spearman’s Rank Correlation and general linear regression modelling for panel data with random effects, we identify the ‘leaders’ and ‘laggers’ along with a set of associated socio-economic characteristics. These insights enhance understanding of how and why economic performance differs amongst these towns. We highlight implications for addressing such socio-economic disparities across seaside towns, which has wider destination relevance, and use these findings to inform policy which seeks to raise the productivity potential of ‘lagging’ towns.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2023.2234070

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