Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain

This chapter explores the impact of the change in tourist behavior in the New Normal toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, through proximity tourism. This chapter addresses the under-investigated topic of proximity tourism modeling consumer behavior and defining the prof...

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Autores: Mendieta Aragón, Adrián, Arguedas Sanz, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:53 Ciencias Económicas
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tourist behavior
New Normal
sustainable tourism
SDGs
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spelling Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in SpainMendieta Aragón, AdriánArguedas Sanz, Raquel53 Ciencias Económicasproximity tourismtourist behaviorNew Normalsustainable tourismSDGsThis chapter explores the impact of the change in tourist behavior in the New Normal toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, through proximity tourism. This chapter addresses the under-investigated topic of proximity tourism modeling consumer behavior and defining the profile of the proximity tourist in the New Normal after the COVID-19 pandemic in the case of residents in Spain. This study uses a set of microdata with 72,232 observations obtained from the Resident Travel Survey of the National Statistics Institute of Spain during the period 2019-2021 to compare the behavior of tourists in the pre-pandemic stage and the behavior of tourists in the New Normal. The results of this chapter confirm that there has been a significant increase in the penetration rates of proximity tourism among residents in Spain, which will positively impact sustainable tourism development. This study also finds interregional differences in the participation of proximity tourism between the regions of Spain, as well as in the tourist's sociodemographic profile and the trip's characteristics.Palgrave Macmillane-Spacio UNED20252025-10-2020242024-02-0720242024-02-07book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/30510reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esoai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/305102026-06-06T12:38:31Z
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title Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
spellingShingle Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
Mendieta Aragón, Adrián
53 Ciencias Económicas
proximity tourism
tourist behavior
New Normal
sustainable tourism
SDGs
title_short Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
title_full Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
title_fullStr Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
title_sort Proximity Tourism in the New Normal: Toward a More Sustainable Tourism Behavior in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mendieta Aragón, Adrián
Arguedas Sanz, Raquel
author Mendieta Aragón, Adrián
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Arguedas Sanz, Raquel
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proximity tourism
tourist behavior
New Normal
sustainable tourism
SDGs
topic 53 Ciencias Económicas
proximity tourism
tourist behavior
New Normal
sustainable tourism
SDGs
description This chapter explores the impact of the change in tourist behavior in the New Normal toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, through proximity tourism. This chapter addresses the under-investigated topic of proximity tourism modeling consumer behavior and defining the profile of the proximity tourist in the New Normal after the COVID-19 pandemic in the case of residents in Spain. This study uses a set of microdata with 72,232 observations obtained from the Resident Travel Survey of the National Statistics Institute of Spain during the period 2019-2021 to compare the behavior of tourists in the pre-pandemic stage and the behavior of tourists in the New Normal. The results of this chapter confirm that there has been a significant increase in the penetration rates of proximity tourism among residents in Spain, which will positively impact sustainable tourism development. This study also finds interregional differences in the participation of proximity tourism between the regions of Spain, as well as in the tourist's sociodemographic profile and the trip's characteristics.
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