Travel purpose and expenditure patterns in city tourism: evidence from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

Ruben van Loon; Jan Rouwendal

doi:10.1007/s10824-017-9293-1

Travel purpose and expenditure patterns in city tourism: evidence from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

Ruben van Loon^*
, Jan Rouwendal

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This study examines the expenditure patterns of urban tourists with different trip purposes including visiting cultural heritage. Expenditure categories include museums and theatres. We use a two-step approach, in which we first analyse the total daily amount of expenditure and then the budget shares of various categories. We make use of survey data collected for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, a large Western European city known for its rich cultural heritage and the semi-legalized use of cannabis. The econometric analysis shows that trip purposes are associated with substantial differences in total daily expenditure as well as on budget shares. However, the results also show that the activities undertaken by tourists are not limited to their (initial) trip purposes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-127
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Cultural Economics
Volume	41
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-017-9293-1
Publication status	Published - 2017

Funding

We would like to thank Hans Dominicus, Olivier Ponti and AMSTERDAM MARKETING for providing the data and the possibility to do research on site. We would also like to thank the members of the Department of Spatial Economics for helpful discussions. Ruben van Loon gratefully acknowledges NICIS, CLUE, Nieuwland, and VU University for their financial support. We are grateful to the editors and referees for useful remarks that helped to improve the paper. Any remaining errors or shortcomings are the sole responsibility of the authors.

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Cannabis
Cultural heritage
Expenditure patterns
Tourism expenditure
Trip purpose

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