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The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on intra- and inter-regional domestic travel: Evidence from Spain

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  • Marcos à lvarez-Díaz
  • José María Chamorro-Rivas
  • Manuel González-Gómez
  • María Soledad Otero-Giráldez

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This study empirically compares domestic tourists’ behavior before and after the Covid-19 outbreak. Specifically, official data are used to characterize the travel behavior of residents in Spain who traveled through this country for reasons of leisure, recreation, and vacations in 2019 and 2020. A discrete choice model is employed to unravel the main variables that influence the decision of being an inter-regional traveler. The bootstrap p -value method is used to detect significant changes in the marginal effect of the different variables after the Covid-19 outbreak. The estimation results demonstrate the following: (i) domestic inter- and intra-regional travelers have significant differences and, therefore, policy-makers should not design and implement “one size fits all†policies for domestic tourism; (ii) in addition to socio-economic factors, the regional push-pull factors (e.g., weather) and trip-related characteristics (e.g., type of accommodation) are also important in explaining inter-regional travel decisions; (iii) a high number of Covid-19 infections in the region of origin increases the probability of traveling inter-regionally; and (iv) the Covid-19 outbreak has caused an abrupt shift in domestic travelers’ profiles.

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  • Marcos à lvarez-Díaz & José María Chamorro-Rivas & Manuel González-Gómez & María Soledad Otero-Giráldez, 2024. "The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on intra- and inter-regional domestic travel: Evidence from Spain," Tourism Economics, , vol. 30(4), pages 1039-1061, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:30:y:2024:i:4:p:1039-1061
    DOI: 10.1177/13548166231185422
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