El uso de GPS para el análisis del comportamiento espacio-temporal de los turistas. Pre-test en el Valle de Boí

Donaire, José Antonio; Espelt, Núria Galí; Vela, Marcelo Royo

doi:10.6018/turismo.35.221541

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“…Thus, it appears that guided visitors and nonguided visitors to a heritage town do practically the same. This agrees with a study by Donaire et al (), which demonstrated that visitors to heritage places behave in a similar ritualistic way: following very specific itineraries, visiting the same attractions, and spending only a short time on the visit. It appears that sightseeing in heritage places is standard practice for tourists, whether the visit is guided or not.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In addition, findings reveal that there is no significant difference in behavior between tourists on guided tours and tourists not on guided tours. The findings agree with Donaire et al (), in that visitors to heritage places behave in a similar ritualistic way, whether guided or nonguided. Both follow similar itineraries, visiting the same sights and spending a short amount of time on the visit.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In a study on visitor behavior in heritage places, Donaire, Galí, and Royo () demonstrated that there are basic rules regarding tourists visiting these places. First of all, there are certain itineraries that all visitors follow.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tourists' space–time behavior in heritage places: Comparing guided and nonguided visitors

Espelt

Aulet

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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This paper analyzes guided tourists' space-time behavior in heritage sites and compares the results with the behavior of nonguided tourists. Data from 127 guided visitors from 127 different local tours and 1,242 nonguided tourists visiting the historic town city of Girona (Spain) were gathered from participant observation, GPS tracking, and questionnaires. Findings demonstrate that guided tourists have a more qualitative experience (less walking time, more time spent visiting monuments, more information, and sometimes privileged information) than have nonguided tourists. Despite this, results also suggest that tourists who take guided tours, and those who do not, show a very similar behavior pattern.

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Tourists' space–time behavior in heritage places: Comparing guided and nonguided visitors

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Aulet

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…Direct observation is one of the best methods for studying tourist behavior, as it provides large quantities of detailed information on the interaction between subject and object (Donaire, Galí & Royo, 2015). This means it offers real, exact information on the relationship between visitors and the place visited.…”

Section: Direct Non-participant Observation For the Study Of Tourist mentioning

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First-time versus repeat visitors’ behavior patterns: a GPS analysis

Espelt

Donaire²

2018

BAGE

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Past research conducted on visitors' behavior has highlighted the differences between first-time and repeat visitors in urban and natural settings. To determine whether these differences also exist in a monumental city, we have studied visitor behavior in the historic city of Girona (Spain). Data from 1288 GPS tracking were recorded. Of these, 928 were first-time visitors, and the remaining 360 corresponded to repeat visitors. Findings show that there is very little difference in how first-time and repeat visitors act, compared to visitor behavior in other types of tourist destinations. Nevertheless, the results do demonstrate differences between low frequency visitors (between 1 and 4 visits) and high frequency visitors (more than 4 visits). These results suggest that sightseeing creates very homogeneous behavior pattern between first-time and repeat visitors, and highlight the need to differentiate repeat visitors according to the number of visits done in the monumental city.

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“…The majority of the studies are centred on urban environments (Edwards and Griffin [6], Grinberger et al [7], Lau and McKercher [8], Shoval and Isaacson [5]) and, to a lesser extent, on natural destinations (Donaire et al [9], Hallo et al [10]), fewer studies having been conducted in coastal environments, usually associated with sun and sand tourism. Obviously, these destinations do not pose the same problems with regard to mobility as the large urban agglomerations, whilst at the same time the behaviour of the demand tends to be more passive in comparison with urban destinations.…”

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Tourist mobility at coastal mass destinations: implications for sustainability

Ivars¹,

Celdrán²,

Triviño³

et al. 2016

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the spatial behaviour of mass tourism demand in coastal destinations and its implications from the point of view of sustainable tourism development. The paper is based on primary research carried out in one of the main Mediterranean tourist destinations, Benidorm (Spain). This research involved the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices for the tracking of a sample of 257 tourists (from Spain and United Kingdom). Although the research has an experimental basis, these advanced technologies allow new approaches to spatial analysis in order to achieve a better understanding of tourist mobility at coastal destinations. Until now, most studies of intradestination movements have been applied to urban and cultural destinations, where the points of interest and tourist routes are easily identifiable. However, spatial behaviour of mass tourism in coastal destinations has rarely been studied in detail using new tracking technologies. While tourist movements may seem, a priori, predictable, the identification of mobility patterns offers interesting results about the main characteristics of the tourist experience, the relationship with the urban model, the use of public and private spaces, the perception of the destination, and the differences between segments of demand. The conclusions of the study are relevant from the methodological and theoretical point of view, and include some recommendations for planning and destination management in the context of sustainability.

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El uso de GPS para el análisis del comportamiento espacio-temporal de los turistas. Pre-test en el Valle de Boí

Cited by 13 publications

References 38 publications

Tourists' space–time behavior in heritage places: Comparing guided and nonguided visitors

Tourists' space–time behavior in heritage places: Comparing guided and nonguided visitors

First-time versus repeat visitors’ behavior patterns: a GPS analysis

Tourist mobility at coastal mass destinations: implications for sustainability

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