Naslov
Household consumption preferences and tourism in Croatia

Autori
Klarin, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
6th International Conference: "An Enterprise Odyssey: Corporate governance and public policy - path to sustainable future" / Galetić, Lovorka ; Šimurina, Jurica - Zagreb : Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2012, 1375-1387

ISBN
978-953-6025-572

Skup
6th International Conference: "An Enterprise Odyssey: Corporate governance and public policy - path to sustainable future"

Mjesto i datum
Šibenik, Hrvatska, 13.06.2012. - 16.06.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
participation in tourism; tourism consumption; consumer behaviour; household preferences; standards of living

Sažetak
Tourism takes growing place in world wide. In Croatia tourism has also become an important socio-economic activity involving significant part of population. Regardless of ability of participating in tourism activities, Croatian households are still limited in making decision of tourism consumption. Household consumption consists of variety of basic needs and additional desires an ordinary lifestyle has to satisfy. Tourism consumption considers as additional or luxury need which satisfaction ranks differently depending of household preferences and possibilities. Household consumption or buying preference is generated by household members` behaviour and under the influence of changes of internal and external factors. In dynamic environment, household meets daily with problem of choice, deciding on combination of goods and services it’s going to consume. Although, household consumption preferences arise as a result of individual propensity or taste which creates specific order between certain goods and services, abstracting their cost and value added. Households are limited with different socio- economic parameters. Tumbling way to possibility of participation in tourism is very hard and unavailable category in conditions where relative standards of living determinate household consumption preferences. Household consumption and demand is particularly low-elastic when it comes to create preferences of participation in tourism. Participation in tourism considers interesting aspects of tourism demand analysis and this paper assumes some econometric elements of tourism demand analysis focused on household decision whether or not to participate in tourism. A survey was conducted on sample of Croatian households attempting to examine household constraints of tourism consumption. Participation in tourism is considered as household possibility of tourism consumption by affording all its members one week holiday/vacation or tourism travelling. Gathered data were based on economic and socio-demographic situation of adult household members. Tourism consumption is dependent variable influenced by different socio-economic variables. Several independent variables have been chosen and assumed as most important in order to determinate the degree of constraints of tourism consumption. Starting financial variable was average monthly net income of adult household members. Strongly related to income, status of employment is settled as second variable. Category derived from mentioned variables was capacity of saving. Variables such as age, education and health status were observed as potential social constraints of tourism consumption. Assumption that majority of Croatian households are not able to participate in tourism is placed in actual situation an average Croatian household is going trough, considering there is connection between mentioned variables. Results were used to present hard situation of Croatian households and possibility of affording tourism consumption

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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