ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to analyse, on the basis of information gathered from 3,048 questionnaires, the factors which determine the daily expenditure in the destination of tourists in 14 emerging urban-cultural destinations in Andalusia (Spain), using an OLS regression model. The results confirm that tourist expenditure is explained by a set of factors related to the socio-economic profile of the tourist, the characteristics of the trip, the activities of the tourist in the destination and the degree of satisfaction with the destination. Knowledge of these aspects allows tourism policy to be oriented towards maximizing the revenue generated by the tourist in the urban-cultural destinations analysed, which are in the first stages of their life cycle.
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Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández
Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Head of the Laboratory of Analysis and Innovation in Tourism (LAInnTUR) at the University of Jaén in Spain. His main research interests focus on tourism economics, destination management, sustainability of tourism, tourism impacts, and social network analysis.
Beatriz Rodríguez-Díaz
Beatriz Rodríguez-Díaz is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) at the University of Málaga, Spain. Her research is focused on multicriteria techniques, with applications in various fields such as human development, sustainability or tourism.
Pablo Juan Cárdenas-García
Pablo Juan Cárdenas-García is Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Jaén. His main research interests focus on tourism growth and economic development, tourism impacts, competitiveness, and tourist tax.