Congestion in Popular Tourist Areas: A Multi-Attribute Experimental Choice Analysis of Willingness-to-Wait in Amsterdam

Riganti, Patrizia; Nijkamp, Peter

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“…Surveys of the resident population are used to probe the connection between these factors and variables such as personal and collective economic dependence on the tourism activity, the proximity of the home address to the places with high visitor numbers and various socio-economic factors. The sustainability of the destination also implies obtaining a satisfactory tourist experience, so the effects of high visitor numbers on that experience is also analysed [26,27]. High visitor numbers may also lead to a perception of overcrowding, but visitors may also see this as being a typical feature of tourism sites [28].…”

Section: The Impact Of Tourism On the City: State Of The Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Around one third of ground floor premises occupy the public space (inventory data from July 2016). A total of 165 premises (see Table 1), especially souvenir shops (26), food shops (26) and above all, bars, cafés and restaurants (88). Of these, 32 have an open-air terrace or bar tables on the street, 34 have small outdoor bars to cater for smokers, and 22 have some other kind of element such as awnings, stools and menu display units.…”

Section: Occupation Of the Public Space And Deterioration Of The Urbamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cultural Heritage and Urban Tourism: Historic City Centres under Pressure

2017

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Historic city centres of European cities are one of the most important elements of the European cultural heritage. They are places that attract many visitors due to their relevance in terms of heritage, but the recent growth of tourist flows constitutes a threat to the conservation of their values. In some European cities, such as Venice or Barcelona, the debate has taken to the streets, and there is significant social mobilization taking place, with very belligerent positions against tourism (anti-tourism, tourismphobia). The mass media also generates discourse on the topic and places the debate on urban tourism sustainability at the forefront of the public debate. In this context, this article reviews the state of the art on tourism impact and identifies, describes and evaluates the different dimensions of tourist pressure based on a case study: the historic centre of the city of Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain). The main goal of the research is to help determine how tourist pressure affects the safeguarding of "historic urban landscapes" and the desirable or desired models of city and tourist destination.

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Section: The Impact Of Tourism On the City: State Of The Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Occupation Of the Public Space And Deterioration Of The Urbamentioning

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Cultural Heritage and Urban Tourism: Historic City Centres under Pressure

2017

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“…However, increasingly, attention is also paid to the need for a sustainable management of tourist flows, thereby looking farther than economic profits and recognizing the potentially detrimental effects unsustainable growth can have on the quality of life of urban residents (Riganti and Nijkamp, 2008). A well-known example of this problem is Venice, where the number of visitors in the narrow streets in the tourist high season reaches unacceptably high levels and bring about much stress for the residents.…”

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“…Riganti and Nijkamp, 2008), stress (e.g. Hennessy and Wiesenthal, 1997;Novaco et al, 1990), depression (e.g.…”

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Crowding Externalities from Tourist Use of Urban Space

2012

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Popular urban tourist destinations are attracting large numbers of both overnight visitors and excursionists. Since urban cities perform a multitude of functions, the space requirements of tourists can, at times, interfere with those of local users. This paper addresses the issue of disutilities of space congestion through a dichotomous choice experiment model in order to offer a monetary valuation of tourist crowding in urban public space. A resident survey was carried out in the city of Amsterdam in order to estimate a random parameter logit model through which the residents' willingness to pay to avoid unfavourable crowding situations could be assessed. Their willingness to pay in order to increase the use levels by visitors in the Dam area from 'not at all crowded' or 'not crowded' to 'crowded' was, respectively, €1.36 and €0.83 annually, while the mean willingness to pay for a decline in the use level from 'very crowded' to 'crowded' was estimated to be €11.06 a year. While tourism is only partly responsible for these crowding levels, the results demonstrate that the social effects of tourist consumption can be positive as well as negative, depending on the existing use level and attitudinal perceptions of residents.

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“…In popular tourist destinations, city centres -such as Venice, Amsterdam or Bruges -and tourist facilities -such as popular exhibitions or beaches -may attract large numbers of visitors, giving rise to crowding phenomena (e.g. Canestrelli & Costa, 1991;Riganti & Nijkamp, 2008).…”

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