The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on intra- and inter-regional domestic travel: Evidence from Spain

IF 3.6 3区管理学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Tourism Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI:10.1177/13548166231185422

M. Álvarez‐Díaz, J. Chamorro-Rivas, M. González-Gómez, M. S. Otero-Giráldez

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Abstract

This study empirically compares domestic tourists’ behavior before and after the Covid-19 outbreak. Specifically, official data are used to characterize the travel behavior of residents in Spain who traveled through this country for reasons of leisure, recreation, and vacations in 2019 and 2020. A discrete choice model is employed to unravel the main variables that influence the decision of being an inter-regional traveler. The bootstrap p-value method is used to detect significant changes in the marginal effect of the different variables after the Covid-19 outbreak. The estimation results demonstrate the following: (i) domestic inter- and intra-regional travelers have significant differences and, therefore, policy-makers should not design and implement “one size fits all” policies for domestic tourism; (ii) in addition to socio-economic factors, the regional push-pull factors (e.g., weather) and trip-related characteristics (e.g., type of accommodation) are also important in explaining inter-regional travel decisions; (iii) a high number of Covid-19 infections in the region of origin increases the probability of traveling inter-regionally; and (iv) the Covid-19 outbreak has caused an abrupt shift in domestic travelers’ profiles.

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COVID-19疫情对区域内和区域间国内旅行的影响:来自西班牙的证据

本研究对新冠肺炎爆发前后国内游客的行为进行了实证比较。具体而言，官方数据用于描述2019年和2020年因休闲、娱乐和度假而途经西班牙的居民的旅行行为。采用离散选择模型来揭示影响跨地区旅行者决策的主要变量。bootstrap p值方法用于检测新冠肺炎爆发后不同变量的边际效应的显著变化。估计结果表明：（i）国内地区间和地区内游客存在显著差异，因此，决策者不应设计和实施“一刀切”的国内旅游政策；（ii）除了社会经济因素外，区域推挽因素（如天气）和与旅行相关的特征（如住宿类型）在解释区域间旅行决策方面也很重要；（iii）原籍地区大量新冠肺炎感染增加了跨地区旅行的可能性；以及（iv）新冠肺炎疫情导致国内旅行者的形象突然转变。

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Tourism Economics Multiple-

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9.30

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11.40%

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期刊介绍： Tourism Economics, published quarterly, covers the business aspects of tourism in the wider context. It takes account of constraints on development, such as social and community interests and the sustainable use of tourism and recreation resources, and inputs into the production process. The definition of tourism used includes tourist trips taken for all purposes, embracing both stay and day visitors. Articles address the components of the tourism product (accommodation; restaurants; merchandizing; attractions; transport; entertainment; tourist activities); and the economic organization of tourism at micro and macro levels (market structure; role of public/private sectors; community interests; strategic planning; marketing; finance; economic development).