Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications

This paper analyzes seasonality in the United Kingdom, specifically the English regions in relation to tourists’ place of origin and main travel motivation. The method used is a decomposition of the Gini index, which provides relative marginal effects that facilitate the identification of market seg...

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Main Authors: Fernández-Morales, Antonio, Cisneros-Martinez, José David, McCabe, Scott
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
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author Fernández-Morales, Antonio
Cisneros-Martinez, José David
McCabe, Scott
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Cisneros-Martinez, José David
McCabe, Scott
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description This paper analyzes seasonality in the United Kingdom, specifically the English regions in relation to tourists’ place of origin and main travel motivation. The method used is a decomposition of the Gini index, which provides relative marginal effects that facilitate the identification of market segments open to counter-seasonal marketing efforts. This method has been combined with a graphical multivariate technique (biplot), which groups segments according to their seasonality characteristics. Seasonal patterns associated with particular segments differ significantly when studied on a disaggregated basis. Therefore, an adequate level of disaggregation is essential in the design of counter-seasonal strategies. Although this study focuses on British destinations, this methodology could be used as a control and monitoring measure in the regional analysis of any destination, facilitating regular adjustment of regional tourism marketing campaigns to minimize seasonality effects, specifically by targeting the types of tourists less prone to seasonality.
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spelling nottingham-413362020-05-08T09:45:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41336/ Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications Fernández-Morales, Antonio Cisneros-Martinez, José David McCabe, Scott This paper analyzes seasonality in the United Kingdom, specifically the English regions in relation to tourists’ place of origin and main travel motivation. The method used is a decomposition of the Gini index, which provides relative marginal effects that facilitate the identification of market segments open to counter-seasonal marketing efforts. This method has been combined with a graphical multivariate technique (biplot), which groups segments according to their seasonality characteristics. Seasonal patterns associated with particular segments differ significantly when studied on a disaggregated basis. Therefore, an adequate level of disaggregation is essential in the design of counter-seasonal strategies. Although this study focuses on British destinations, this methodology could be used as a control and monitoring measure in the regional analysis of any destination, facilitating regular adjustment of regional tourism marketing campaigns to minimize seasonality effects, specifically by targeting the types of tourists less prone to seasonality. Elsevier 2016-10-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41336/1/8709%20%281%29.pdf Fernández-Morales, Antonio, Cisneros-Martinez, José David and McCabe, Scott (2016) Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications. Tourism Management, 56 . pp. 172-190. ISSN 1879-3193 Gini index; Seasonality; Seasonal patterns; Seasonal concentration decomposition; Tourism demand; Regional analysis; United Kingdom; England http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261517716300541 doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2016.04.004 doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2016.04.004
spellingShingle Gini index; Seasonality; Seasonal patterns; Seasonal concentration decomposition; Tourism demand; Regional analysis; United Kingdom; England
Fernández-Morales, Antonio
Cisneros-Martinez, José David
McCabe, Scott
Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
title Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
title_full Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
title_fullStr Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
title_full_unstemmed Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
title_short Seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
title_sort seasonal concentration of tourism demand: decomposition analysis and marketing implications
topic Gini index; Seasonality; Seasonal patterns; Seasonal concentration decomposition; Tourism demand; Regional analysis; United Kingdom; England
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