Offline Versus Online Intermediation: A Study of Booking Behaviour of Tourists Travelling to Sardinia

Giacomo Chiappa () and Andrea Zara ()
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Giacomo Chiappa: University of Sassari and CRENoS
Andrea Zara: University of Sassari and CRENoS

A chapter in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, 2015, pp 709-721 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Researchers argue that the debate around the topic of disintermediation and reintermediation (both offline and online) is still open and needs further analysis. This study was therefore carried out, with a representative sample of 1,461 national and international tourists who visited Sardinia (Italy) in 2012. Its aim was to investigate how tourists book their holidays and whether significant differences exist in their channel strategy (online versus offline intermediation) based on: their socio-demographic characteristics; the type of tourism product they bought; their prior experience of travelling to the destination; the geographical distance they travelled; and the length and the time (low or high tourism season) of their stay. Findings reveal that all but four variables (gender, income, median length of stay and prior experience of travelling to the destination) are influencing their actual buying behaviour. Managerial implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are made.

Keywords: Disintermediation; Cyberintermediation; Consumer characteristics; Product characteristics; Contextual factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14343-9_51

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