Naslov
On–line booking use for travel and holiday accommodation and development indicators: Clustering of European countries

Autori
Zmuk, Berislav ; Dumicic, Ksenija ; Mihajlovic, Iris

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

Izvornik
Book of Proceedings of 7th International Scientific Conference Economic and Social Development - ESD, 24 October, 2014, New York, USA / Filipovic, Ivica ; Klacmer Calopa, Marina ; Galetic, Fran - Varaždin : VDEA, 2014, 508-518

ISBN
978-953-6125-12-8

Skup
7th International Scientific Conference "Economic and Social Development-Book of Proceedings of 7th International Scientific Conference "Economic and Social Development- ESD, October 24, 2014, New York, USA

Mjesto i datum
Sjedinjene Američke Države, 24.10.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Hierarchical cluster analysis ; Internet penetration rate ; Linear regression model ; On-line booking ; South-East European countries (SEECs)

Sažetak
The aim of this paper was to examine the relationships between on–line booking for travel and holiday accommodation, as the dependent variable, and selected economic, social and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) development indicators in the European Union (EU) and three South-East European countries (SEECs), the EU official candidates. In the analysis data from the official sources for all development indicators were used. The percentage of individuals who booked travel and holiday accommodation over the Internet in the last 12 months in selected European countries is positively correlated with each of the four regressors: the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita ; the public expenditure on education as percentage of GDP ; the Internet penetration rate ; and the Individuals' level of Internet skills. After the exploratory data analysis, outliers are found and over- and under average countries data were recognised. The linear regression model that describe the impact of a statistically significant regressor named Internet penetration rate on the percentage of individuals who booked travel and holiday accommodation over the Internet was developed as the only one not violating the model assumptions. The hierarchical cluster analysis gave the separate cluster for the same five SEECs: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia and Serbia. Croatia, even though having an under- average percentage of on-line booking users, did not join the SEE countries’ cluster, but the cluster of the EU countries’ that are “developing” concerning the variables under study.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

Napomena
Ovaj rad je u potpunosti podržan od strane Hrvatske zaklade za znanost kao dio znanstvenog projekta „Statistical Modelling for Response to Crisis and Economic Growth in Western Balkan Countries“ (STRENGTHS) ; Broj projekta: HRZZ-IP-2013-11-9402 ; Voditeljica: prof. dr. sc. Ksenija Dumičić. Sažetak rada objavljen je i u knjizi sažetaka konferencije - Book of Abstracts of 7th International Scientific Conference "Economic and Social Development" (ISBN: 978-953-6125-13- 5).

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