Seasonal Pattern and Amplitude – a Logical Framework to Analyse Seasonality in Tourism: An Application to Bed Occupancy in Sicilian Hotels

Abstract

Many studies have investigated seasonality in tourism in terms of its causes and impacts, from both theoretical and applied perspectives. However, the definition of seasonality and, most of all, its application and measurement have not received the same degree of attention. In recognizing that seasonality has two main facets – pattern and amplitude – this paper critically examines the main seasonality measures proposed in the tourism literature, classifying them according to their properties and their most appropriate use. The framework then proposed is used to analyse a standard and comparable efficiency measure, such as the bed occupancy rate of Sicilian accommodation establishments, placing particular attention on its seasonality.

Effects of Vacation Rental Websites on the Concentration of Tourists—Potential Environmental Impacts. An Application to the Balearic Islands in Spain

“…Some of them are focused on breaking down the seasonal factors that constitute the time series, i.e., [1,44,45,46,47,48]. Other papers prefer to develop predictions or modeling [49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58].…”

Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: Decomposition analysis and marketing implications

“…Numerous studies have compared seasonality measures, describing their advantages and disadvantages (De Cantis, Ferrante, & Vaccina, 2011;Duro, 2016;Koenig-Lewis & Bischoff, 2003Kulendran & Wong, 2005;Lundtorp, 2001). The traditional quantitative tools focus on generating representative models of seasonality so that general conclusions about the level of concentration of tourism demand can be ascertained.…”

“…However, similar to alternative measures such as the coefficient of seasonal variation or the Theil index, the Gini index does not take into account the natural chronological order of the months (De Cantis et al, 2011). For this reason, different seasonal patterns may result in the same value of the index; therefore, it is appropriate to complement the interpretation with the analysis of seasonal patterns.…”

Etkinliklerin Mevsimsellik Sorununun Çözümünde Araç Olarak Kullanılması: Bozcaada Örneği1 (Use of Events as a Tool for Solving Seasonality Problems: Case of Bozcaada)

“…Alanyazında turizmde mevsimsellikle ilgili yapılan çalışmalar incelendiğinde çalışmaların; (1) mevsimselliğin çerçevesinin çizilmesi (Bar-On 1975;Hartmann, 1986;Allcock, 1989;Baum ve Lundtorp, 2001;Cannas, 2012), (2) nedenleri (Bar-On, 1975;Hartmann, 1986;Butler, 1994;Hylleberg, 1992;Andriotis, 2005), (3) etkilerinin ortaya konulması (Mathieson ve Wall, 1982;Ball, 1988;Ball, 1989;Ashworth ve Thomas, 1999;Baum ve Hagen, 1999;Flognfeldt, 2001;Andriotis, 2005;Günel, 2009;De Cantis, Ferrante ve Vaccina, 2011;Espinet vd., 2012;Martín, Aguilera ve Moreno, 2014), (4) ölçülmesi (Bar-On, 1975;Sutcliffe ve Sinclair, 1980;Wanhill, 1980;Drakatos, 1987;Donatos ve Zairis, 1991;Kulendran, 1996;Kulendran ve King, 1997;Jang, 2004;Bigović, 2012;Gasmi, 2013;Petrevska, 2013) ve (5) mevsimsellikle mücadele yöntemlerine (Yacoumis, 1980;Baum ve Hagen, 1999;Higham ve Hinch, 2002;Weaver ve Lawton, 2002;Getz, 2008;Lee vd., 2008;Andersson ve Getz, 2009;Akgül, 2010;Küyük, 2012) odaklandığını söylemek mümkündür. Turizmde mevsimselliğin negatif etkilerinin azaltılması ve/veya or...…”