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Propensity to Travel: What Is the Macro-Data Telling Us?

Propensity to travel, loosely defined as willingness of a person to be a tourist, is one of the most fundamental concepts of tourism research. It is deeply rooted into the core of tourism demand, and draws the attention of actors on tourism supply-side. Three of the theoretically most discussed socio-demographic determinants of propensity to travel are: age, education and income. It is quite dogmatically accepted that these three socio-demographic factors immensely influence somebody’s willingness to become a tourist. The aim of the present chapter is to examine this stance by conducting an empirical analysis of the determinants of propensity to travel on the macro level. In this regard, the determinants of propensity to travel are examined on the sample of countries that are members of European Union. Since there are fewer than 30 such countries, the analyzed sample is considered to be small. Nonparametric techniques are thus used in analyzing the data.

propensity to travel, socio-demographic determinants of propensity to travel, macro-level analysis, nonparametric statistics

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