Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the role of animals in creating a satisfactory experience at a natural park by investigating the impact on visitors of the exposure to, or absence of, fauna, towards the visitors’ overall experience. Design/methodology/approach The work is based...

Using a sample of international equity markets over the period 2001-2020, this paper aims to empirically investigate the implications in terms of asset allocation and the key properties of kurtosis-based strategies compared to the more traditional volatility-based strategies for financial...

This research analyses the influence of perceived authenticity of Christmas Markets and their products on shopping expenditure. The quantitative analysis was conducted based on 1275 self-administered questionnaires collected among event attendees in three different Northern Italian Christmas...

The aim of this study is to analyze the economic impact of the Biathlon World Cup 2009 in Antholz-Anterselva. The survey concentrates on the immediate, direct and short-term additional revenue brought into the region by foreign sport event spectators. We first apply an expenditure-based...

Tourism, as a dynamic and exchange process, involves a direct and reciprocal relation between users, residents and producers of the tourism product. This interaction component can bring both positive and negative consequences and therefore should be carefully monitored in order to minimize the...

This paper aims to examine the determinants of the visitors' expenditure behavior at Christmas Markets. We have analyzed the visitors' expenditure at micro-level, dividing them into spending on accommodation and on food and beverage. The explicative variables taken into account are...

The purpose of this paper is to explore residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and how they affect attitudes towards local tourism policies. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of community attachment and employment sector of residents. This study presents the results of a...

Considering the importance of market segmentation as a marketing tool to determine promotional policies, this paper aims, through an empirical application, to determine the optimal way to choose both the best cluster algorithm and the best cluster partition.For this purpose, an empirical study...