Effects on the “self-organization- satisfaction” relationship of changes in the economic context |
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Authors: | Milagros Fernández-Herrero Óscar González-Benito |
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Institution: | 1. Departamento de Administración y Economía de la Empresa, School of Education and Tourism, University of Salamanca, ávila,?Spain;2. Departamento de Administración y Economía de la Empresa &3. IME, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain |
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Abstract: | Noting increasingly independent traveling by tourists, as well as changes on the tourist activity worldwide due to the 2008 economic crisis, this study analyzes the relationships between an economic crisis, tourist’s self-organization in trip planning, and tourist’s trip satisfaction. Data from a panel (2006–2011) on how residents in Spain complete their accommodation and transport bookings are used, including data on their trip satisfaction. The study identifies a negative relationship between the 2008 economic crisis and trip satisfaction, a positive relationship between self-organization and satisfaction, as well as positive moderating effects of the crisis on the relationship between self-organization and satisfaction. |
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Keywords: | Independent traveling self-organized trips Internet usage trip planning accommodation booking transport booking tourist satisfaction economic crisis economization moderating effects |
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