{"title":"IMPACTS OF NEW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON TOURISM BEHAVIOR: THE EXPERIENCE OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL","authors":"Oliver F. Shyr, C. Chao, Chunhui Huang","doi":"10.1400/230919","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article reports on a study of the impact of Taiwan’s new high-speed rail system on tourist’s behavior, including transportation and lodging choices. The authors used a multinomial logit model to quantify the tourists’ characteristics, the elasticity and cross-elasticity, and the value of the tourists’ time. The study found that while the new high-speed rail has alleviated some traffic congestion, many people still prefer using private automobiles. The authors also discuss the impact of the high-speed rail on Taiwan’s domestic airlines; consumer behavior in tourism; utility specification and definition of variables; the relationships among transportation mode, lodging choice, and trip purpose; and travel costs and in-vehicle time (another type of “cost”). The authors conclude that, in order for a high-speed rail system to be fully successful, it is necessary for transportation authorities to promote high-speed rail access, improve transferability with existing transportation modes, and develop integrated transportation networks within tourism destinations.","PeriodicalId":44910,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Transport Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2015-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Transport Economics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1400/230919","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article reports on a study of the impact of Taiwan’s new high-speed rail system on tourist’s behavior, including transportation and lodging choices. The authors used a multinomial logit model to quantify the tourists’ characteristics, the elasticity and cross-elasticity, and the value of the tourists’ time. The study found that while the new high-speed rail has alleviated some traffic congestion, many people still prefer using private automobiles. The authors also discuss the impact of the high-speed rail on Taiwan’s domestic airlines; consumer behavior in tourism; utility specification and definition of variables; the relationships among transportation mode, lodging choice, and trip purpose; and travel costs and in-vehicle time (another type of “cost”). The authors conclude that, in order for a high-speed rail system to be fully successful, it is necessary for transportation authorities to promote high-speed rail access, improve transferability with existing transportation modes, and develop integrated transportation networks within tourism destinations.