The Effects of Investments in New Transport Technologies such as HSR on the Tourism Industry

Abstract

Background: The transportation industry and the tourism market are related to each other. Specifically a place with an efficient transportation system can be in general considered a good tourist destination. Objective: In this manuscript, the objective is to demonstrate whether the presence of High Speed Rail can affect tourists' choices of a given destination for their holidays. The case study of Italy has been taken into account. Methods and Results: An empirical analysis has been carried out with the help of a dataset containing information both on tourism and transport. The results, in the case of the number of overnights, spent both by Italians and foreigners, show that the main variables having an impact are the HSR and Attraction ones. Conclusion: This paper has found evidence of a relationship between High Speed Rail and tourism outcomes in terms of the choice of this transport mode by tourists as well as an effect is registered on the number of overnights spent by them.

Tourism Trade Balance and Globalization

“…However, this factor is more effective for HICs and UMICs. The findings from Pagliara et al (2019) also conformed to our results, which showed that high-speed transport significantly affects tourist arrival and length of stay. This result reflects the inadequacy of transport infrastructure in LMICs and LICs.…”

Configuring the Pattern of Sustainable Tourism Development as Affected by the Construction of a High-Speed Railway System

“…An increasing number of studies have focused on the effect of the HSR system on tourism. They cover research scope, such as countries (T. Huang et al, 2019), provinces (He et al, 2021), and economic belts (Yang & Li, 2020), and focus on temporal and spatial evolution (Pagliara & Mauriello, 2019), the relationship (Jou & Chen, 2020), development efficiency (Zeng et al, 2021), the time-space compression effect (T. , influencing factors (Holesˇinska´et al, 2022), and the expost effects (Albalate et al, 2022). With the development of HSR construction, some scholars have also conducted joint research on the HSR system and sustainable tourism, especially in the pattern.…”

“…They cover research scope, such as countries (T. Huang et al, 2019), provinces (He et al, 2021), and economic belts (Yang & Li, 2020), and focus on temporal and spatial evolution (Pagliara & Mauriello, 2019), the relationship (Jou & Chen, 2020), development efficiency (Zeng et al, 2021), the time-space compression effect (T. Li et al, 2022), influencing factors (Holešinská et al, 2022), and the ex-post effects (Albalate et al, 2022).…”