TOURISTIC PRODUCT “AZORES”: TOURIST ORIGIN COUNTRY INFLUENCE ON PERCEPTIVE DIFFERENCES

Authors

  • Maria da Graça Batista Universidade dos Açores
  • Cláudia Soares Faias Universidade dos Açores
  • Alexandra Dutra Martins Hospital do Santo Espírito
  • Francisco José Silva Universidade dos Açores

Keywords:

Tourism, Touristic Product “Azores”, Travel Costs, Tourists Perceptions

Abstract

This study focused on the Azores Islands, which has characteristics that are considered favorable to the development of tourism and interest in the touristic product, and aimed to assess tourists’ perceptions of certain costs (cost of living, accommodation cost, plane ticket cost, and transportation to/from the airport cost) and determine whether these perceptions differ among tourists residing in different countries.

Results show that most tourists, residents in Portugal or not, perceive the cost of living and the plane ticket cost as high and the accommodation cost and transportation to/from the airport cost as normal.

We concluded that the different models (cost of living model, accommodation cost model, plane ticket cost model and transportation to/from the airport cost model) differ according to residence. Among non-residents, to live/reside in certain countries, induces respondents to show perceptive differences of the examined costs.

Author Biographies

  • Maria da Graça Batista, Universidade dos Açores
    PhD, Professora Auxiliar, Departamento de Economia e Gestão
  • Cláudia Soares Faias, Universidade dos Açores
    Mestre em Gestão Estratégica e Desenvolvimento do Turismo, Assistente Convidada, Departamento de Economia e Gestão
  • Alexandra Dutra Martins, Hospital do Santo Espírito
    Mestre em Ciências Empresariais, Técnica de Gestão de Stocks
  • Francisco José Silva, Universidade dos Açores
    PhD, Professor Auxiliar, Departamento de Economia e Gestão

Published

27.01.2012

How to Cite

Batista, M. da G., Faias, C. S., Martins, A. D., & Silva, F. J. (2012). TOURISTIC PRODUCT “AZORES”: TOURIST ORIGIN COUNTRY INFLUENCE ON PERCEPTIVE DIFFERENCES. Tourism & Management Studies, 1144-1147. https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/312

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