Evaluating the Relationship between Socio-demographic Variables, Travel Experience and Probability to return to Destination

Azim, Tarek Sayed Abdel (2009): Evaluating the Relationship between Socio-demographic Variables, Travel Experience and Probability to return to Destination. Published in: TOURISMOS: An International Multidisciplinary Journal of Tourism , Vol. 5, No. 1 (15 April 2010): pp. 111-129.

Abstract

This exploratory study was conducted in order to investigate the impact of socio-demographic variables “age, sex, familial situation, qualification, profession, income per capita”, travel characteristics and levels of satisfaction concerning the quality of tourist services offered to French travellers to Egypt, the prices and security in Egypt on the probability to return to Egypt in the future in period of chocks represented in the periods following the Sharm el-Sheikh attacks, Dahab attacks and during the aviant flu epidemic crisis which hit Egypt. This probability was estimated using the probit model.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: socio-demographic variables, satisfaction, quality, prices, security, crisis
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L83 - Sports ; Gambling ; Restaurants ; Recreation ; Tourism

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