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Crowding Perception in a Tourist City: A Question of Preference

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  • Bart Neuts

    (VU University Amsterdam)

  • Peter Nijkamp

    (VU University Amsterdam)

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Two main topics are analysed in this paper: a crowding model for an urban destination is tested by the use of a binary logistic model in order to identify the variables influencing crowding perception; and the inherent negativity of the crowding concept, as is often assumed, is examined through association statistics. The results confirmed that personal and behavioural variables have a larger effect on the perception of crowding than use-level. Furthermore, the relationship between crowding and experience, while significantly negative, could only be found in respondents with a preference for low, and a perception of high, use-levels, while for the majority of individuals the perception of a certain crowding level did not lead to a negative evaluation of the conditions. This proves that the concept of crowding cannot be assumed to be implicitly negative, and needs individual preferences to be fully understood.

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  • Bart Neuts & Peter Nijkamp, 2011. "Crowding Perception in a Tourist City: A Question of Preference," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 11-140/3, Tinbergen Institute.
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    Keywords

    carrying capacity; crowding; tourist experience; use-level; sustainability;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods

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