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A new European regional tourism typology based on hotel location patterns and geographical criteria

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  • Batista e Silva, Filipe
  • Barranco, Ricardo
  • Proietti, Paola
  • Pigaiani, Cristian
  • Lavalle, Carlo

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The development of tourism typologies allows the identification of various dimensions of this important sector and can be used in tourism planning and management. In this study we developed a novel and systematic classification of European Union (EU) regions according to the predominant location of hotels, distinguishing among four distinct geographical areas: coastal zones, mountain and natural areas, cities and rural areas. For this purpose, we use Geographical Information Systems to integrate regional boundaries and the geographical zoning with a detailed dataset of hotel location and capacity. We then classified the EU regions into five typologies with the assistance of a hierarchical clustering algorithm. Further exploration of the results shows very distinct tourism profiles across the identified typologies in terms of tourism intensity, seasonality and other traits.

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  • Batista e Silva, Filipe & Barranco, Ricardo & Proietti, Paola & Pigaiani, Cristian & Lavalle, Carlo, 2021. "A new European regional tourism typology based on hotel location patterns and geographical criteria," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:89:y:2021:i:c:s0160738320302218
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.103077
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    4. Iwona Bak & Agnieszka Brelik, 2022. "Use of Tourism Intensity Indicators for Delimitation in European Union Countries," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(3), pages 273-283.

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