IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v11y2019i11p3200-d238190.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Transport Mode Choice by Tourists Transferring from a Peripheral High-Speed Rail Station to Their Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Costa Daurada

Author

Listed:
  • Aaron Gutiérrez

    (Department of Geography, Rovira i Virgili University, 43480 Vila-seca, Spain)

  • Daniel Miravet

    (Department of Economics, Rovira i Virgili University, 43204 Reus, Spain
    Consortium of Public Transport of Camp de Tarragona, 43004 Tarragona, Spain)

  • Òscar Saladié

    (Department of Geography, Rovira i Virgili University, 43480 Vila-seca, Spain)

  • Salvador Anton Clavé

    (Department of Geography, Rovira i Virgili University, 43480 Vila-seca, Spain)

Abstract

This article analyses the factors that determine the mode of transport (bus, taxi or private car) chosen by tourists for transfers from a peripherally located high-speed rail station to their final destination. The study is based on a survey completed by tourists who used high-speed rail services to travel to the Costa Daurada, a tourism area on the Mediterranean coast of Southern Catalonia, Spain. The results of this study show that variables associated with the characteristics of the stay had a more decisive influence upon the decisions made by the travellers than the socio-demographic profiles of the tourists surveyed. The availability of direct public transport services for transfers from the station to the final destinations was a much more relevant factor than the cost and duration of the resulting trip. This study provides empirical evidence of the importance of accessibility for peripheral stations. In these cases, good connections via public transport apparently play a key role in both improving tourism development and promoting more sustainable mobility within the region.

Suggested Citation

  • Aaron Gutiérrez & Daniel Miravet & Òscar Saladié & Salvador Anton Clavé, 2019. "Transport Mode Choice by Tourists Transferring from a Peripheral High-Speed Rail Station to Their Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Costa Daurada," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:11:p:3200-:d:238190
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3200/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3200/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Aaron Gutiérrez & Daniel Miravet, 2016. "The Determinants of Tourist Use of Public Transport at the Destination," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-16, September.
    2. Marie Delaplace & FRANCESCA PAGLIARA & Julie Perrin, 2013. "Does High Speed Rail services influence tourists' choice? Some concerns from Paris and Roma and other linked cities," ERSA conference papers ersa13p13, European Regional Science Association.
    3. Peter Haan, 2006. "Much ado about nothing: conditional logit vs. random coefficient models for estimating labour supply elasticities," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(4), pages 251-256.
    4. Givoni, Moshe & Rietveld, Piet, 2007. "The access journey to the railway station and its role in passengers' satisfaction with rail travel," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 14(5), pages 357-365, September.
    5. Train,Kenneth E., 2009. "Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521766555, September.
    6. Brons, Martijn & Givoni, Moshe & Rietveld, Piet, 2009. "Access to railway stations and its potential in increasing rail use," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 43(2), pages 136-149, February.
    7. Christiadi & Brian Cushing, 2007. "Conditional Logit, IIA, and Alternatives for Estimating Models of Interstate Migration," Working Papers Working Paper 2007-04, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.
    8. Dahlberg, Matz & Eklöf, Matias, 2003. "Relaxing the IIA Assumption in Locational Choice Models: A Comparison Between Conditional Logit, Mixed Logit, and Multinomial Probit Models," Working Paper Series 2003:9, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
    9. Frank Bruinsma & Eric Pels & Piet Rietveld & Hugo Priemus & Bert Wee, 2008. "The impact of railway development on urban dynamics," Springer Books, in: Frank Bruinsma & Eric Pels & Piet Rietveld & Hugo Priemus & Bert Wee (ed.), Railway Development, chapter 1, pages 1-11, Springer.
    10. Vincent Chakour & Naveen Eluru, 2014. "Analyzing commuter train user behavior: a decision framework for access mode and station choice," Transportation, Springer, vol. 41(1), pages 211-228, January.
    11. Daniel Albalate del sol, 2015. "Evaluating HSR availability on Tourism: Evidence from Spanish Provinces and Cities," ERSA conference papers ersa15p288, European Regional Science Association.
    12. Givoni, Moshe & Banister, David, 2012. "Speed: the less important element of the High-Speed Train," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 306-307.
    13. Martens, Karel, 2007. "Promoting bike-and-ride: The Dutch experience," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 326-338, May.
    14. Guo, Zhan & Wilson, Nigel H.M., 2011. "Assessing the cost of transfer inconvenience in public transport systems: A case study of the London Underground," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 91-104, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Hae Choi, Jong & Park, Yonghwa, 2022. "Exploring economic feasibility for airport shuttle service of urban air mobility (UAM)," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 267-281.
    2. Hudyeron Rocha & António Lobo & José Pedro Tavares & Sara Ferreira, 2023. "Exploring Modal Choices for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Insights from the Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-20, October.
    3. Maria Juschten & Shannon Page & Helen Fitt, 2020. "Mindsets Set in Concrete? Exploring the Perspectives of Domestic Travellers on New Zealand’s (Auto-)Mobility Culture," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-21, September.
    4. Deng, Taotao & Gan, Chen & Du, Huiping & Hu, Yukun & Wang, Dandan, 2021. "Do high speed rail configurations matter to tourist arrivals? Empirical evidence from China's prefecture-level cities," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ferreira, Sara & Amorim, Marco & Lobo, António & Kern, Mira & Fanderl, Nora & Couto, António, 2022. "Travel mode preferences among German commuters over the course of COVID-19 pandemic," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 55-64.
    2. Pucher, John & Buehler, Ralph & Seinen, Mark, 2011. "Bicycling renaissance in North America? An update and re-appraisal of cycling trends and policies," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 45(6), pages 451-475, July.
    3. Weliwitiya, Hesara & Rose, Geoffrey & Johnson, Marilyn, 2019. "Bicycle train intermodality: Effects of demography, station characteristics and the built environment," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 395-404.
    4. Pablo Neudörfer & Jorge Dresdner, 2014. "Does religious affiliation affect migration?," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(3), pages 577-594, August.
    5. Cheng, Yung-Hsiang & Chen, Ssu-Yun, 2015. "Perceived accessibility, mobility, and connectivity of public transportation systems," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 386-403.
    6. Cheng, Yung-Hsiang & Liu, Kuo-Chu, 2012. "Evaluating bicycle-transit users’ perceptions of intermodal inconvenience," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 46(10), pages 1690-1706.
    7. Saiyad, Gulnazbanu & Srivastava, Minal & Rathwa, Dipak, 2022. "Exploring determinants of feeder mode choice behavior using Artificial Neural Network: Evidences from Delhi metro," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 598(C).
    8. Martine Audibert & Yong He & Jacky Mathonnat, 2013. "Multinomial and Mixed Logit Modeling in the Presence of Heterogeneity: A Two-Period Comparison of Healthcare Provider Choice in Rural China," Working Papers halshs-00846085, HAL.
    9. Martine Audibert & Yong He & Jacky Mathonnat, 2013. "Multinomial and Mixed Logit Modeling in the Presence of Heterogeneity: A Two-Period Comparison of Healthcare Provider Choice in Rural China," CERDI Working papers halshs-00846085, HAL.
    10. Givoni, Moshe & Rietveld, Piet, 2014. "Do cities deserve more railway stations? The choice of a departure railway station in a multiple-station region," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 89-97.
    11. Giansoldati, Marco & Danielis, Romeo & Rotaris, Lucia, 2021. "Train-feeder modes in Italy. Is there a role for active mobility?," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    12. Klaus Nowotny, 2015. "Institutions and the Location Decisions of Highly Skilled Migrants to Europe. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 78," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 57885, April.
    13. Mohanty, Sudatta & Bansal, Sugam & Bairwa, Khushi, 2017. "Effect of integration of bicyclists and pedestrians with transit in New Delhi," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 31-40.
    14. Joeri F. P. Mil & Tessa S. Leferink & Jan Anne Annema & Niels Oort, 2021. "Insights into factors affecting the combined bicycle-transit mode," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 649-673, October.
    15. Brezina, Tadej & Knoflacher, Hermann, 2014. "Railway trip speeds and areal coverage. The emperor’s new clothes of effectivity?," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 121-130.
    16. Abdurrahman B. Aydemir & Erkan Duman, 2021. "Migrant Networks and Destination Choice: Evidence from Moves across Turkish Provinces," Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers 2109, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum.
    17. Bessho, Shun-ichiro & Hayashi, Masayoshi, 2014. "Intensive margins, extensive margins, and spousal allowances in the Japanese system of personal income taxes: A discrete choice analysis," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 162-178.
    18. Allard, Ryan F. & Moura, Filipe, 2018. "Effect of transport transfer quality on intercity passenger mode choice," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 89-107.
    19. Lahoorpoor, Bahman & Levinson, David M., 2020. "Catchment if you can: The effect of station entrance and exit locations on accessibility," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    20. Reinhard A. Weisser, 2020. "How Personality Shapes Study Location Choices," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 61(1), pages 88-116, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:11:p:3200-:d:238190. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.