RT Journal Article
T1 Profiling tourist movements in rural areas with wine protected designations of origin: Analyzing tourist spending & accommodation patterns
A1 Barreal, Jesús
A1 Gago de Santos, Pilar
A1 Vena Oya, Julio
K1 Depopulated areas
K1 Tourism demand diversification
K1 Spain’s wine-protected areas
K1 Inbound tourism
K1 Sustainable tourism
K1 Latent class model
AB This paper aims to analyse Spain’s inbound tourism in low-populated areas (under 5000 inhabitants) within its wine-protected regions. Based on data retrieved from 2015 to 2023 from the national survey on tourism expenditure (EGATUR) and employing a Latent Class Model research method, we will segment Spain’s inbound tourism (in terms of their expenditure, motivations and accommodation patterns) into four classes from the most profligate to the thriftiest while consuming tourism services in Spain’s regions less populated, where the international demand is lower than Spain’s average international demand for tourism services. The paper includes a statistical analysis (Wilcoxon and Lenven’s tests) of the economic patterns of each class, concluding that it is essential to encourage Europeans to come to these destinations to improve the rural economy and their long-term sustainability.
PB Bologna University Press
SN 2611-1128
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46609
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46609
LA eng
NO Barreal Pernas, J., Gago De Santos, R., Vena Oya, J. (2025). Profiling Tourist Movements in Rural Areas with Wine Protected Designations of Origin: Analyzing Tourist Spending & Accommodation Patterns. New Medit 5 (2025). https://doi.org/10.30682/nm2505e
DS Minerva
RD 22 may 2026