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A behaviour-based typology of travellers using an online travel marketplace

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  • Sunghan Ryu
  • Kyungmin Choi
  • Daegon Cho

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This study examines how different types of travellers use an online travel marketplace in different ways. To measure different travelling behaviours, we use 20 features collected from a survey of 2,467 users along with real transaction data in the context of an online marketplace connecting local tour guides and travellers. We identify six idiosyncratic groups of travellers: Shopaholics, Budget Explorers, Long-Term Travellers, Trend Setters, Resort Addicts, and Social Trippers. They are remarkably distinctive in their demographic characteristics, travel motivations, and their actual usage patterns in the online travel marketplace. This paper contributes to the literature on traveller segmentation and practices through its exploration of different traveller usage patterns in the online travel marketplace.

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  • Sunghan Ryu & Kyungmin Choi & Daegon Cho, 2021. "A behaviour-based typology of travellers using an online travel marketplace," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 228-246, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:24:y:2021:i:2:p:228-246
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2019.1710477
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    1. Chen, Yanhong & Liu, Luning & Zheng, Dequan & Li, Bin, 2023. "Estimating travellers’ value when purchasing auxiliary services in the airline industry based on the RFM model," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).

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