Destination Choice, Repeating Behaviour and the Tourist-Destination Life Cycle Hypothesis

Repeat visitation is a desired target when managing a destination, which remarks the consolidation of a place as a tourist location and its capacity of attraction. Repeating visitors ensure a stable flow of income, spreading the word on the place advantages, what in turn helps to reduce marketing co...

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Autor principal: Artal-Tur, Andrés (author)
Outros Autores: Correia, Antónia (author), Serra, Jaime (author), Osorio-Caballero, M.I. (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2020
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26971
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/26971
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Resumo:Repeat visitation is a desired target when managing a destination, which remarks the consolidation of a place as a tourist location and its capacity of attraction. Repeating visitors ensure a stable flow of income, spreading the word on the place advantages, what in turn helps to reduce marketing costs (Choo & Petrick, 2014; Schofield & Fallon, 2012). Some studies reflect that repeater tourists usually show less sensitivity to price and a focus on quality when buying tourism services (Assaker & Hallak, 2012). They can also raise total expenditure and stay duration, given that this type of tourists explore more extensively the destination (Jarvis, Stoeckl, & Liu, 2016; Alegre, Mateo, & Pou, 2011). Repeating behaviour also allow visitors to become familiar with the destination, resulting in higher levels of satisfaction with the vacational experience (Lau & McKercher, 2004).