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Analysis of tourist consumption, expenditure and prices for key international visitor segments: technical report

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Analysis of tourist consumption, expenditure and prices for key international visitor segments: technical report

Becken, Susanne ; Carboni, A. ; Vuletich, S. ; Schiff, A.
Type: Monograph
Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/10182/710
Originally published: 2008-11 as Land Environment & People Research Report by Lincoln University. Environment Society and Design Division and available at http://hdl.handle.net/10182/710
Rights: ©LEaP, Lincoln University, New Zealand 2008 This information may be copied or reproduced electronically and distributed to others without restriction, provided LEaP, Lincoln University is acknowledged as the source of information. Under no circumstances may a charge be made for this information without the express permission of LEaP, Lincoln University, New Zealand.
Keywords: energy use; tourism economics; tourist behaviour; fuel costs; transport
Fields of Research: 1506 Tourism

Abstract:

The Tourism & Oil project is undertaken against the backdrop of highly volatile oil prices, especially in the last 6 months, and a major global financial crisis that undoubtedly affects tourist arrivals to New Zealand. Increasing our understanding of tourism’s responses to global oil prices and tourists’ price sensitivity more generally is therefore timely. Based on data from the International Visitor Survey we were able to provide a time series (10 years) of typical consumption bundles for 18 visitor segments. These bundles describe tourists’ consumption of accommodation, air transport, transport, fuel, and other tourism products. We also produced a Tourism Price Index for each of these visitor segments and observed how the price of tourism changed over the last 10 years, both in New Zealand dollars and tourists’ own currency. A key finding is that the price of tourism has increased above inflation rates (with variations across the segments), and that the effect of exchange rate fluctuations has dominated the overall impact on price over time. Overall, our research suggests that oil price volatility has had a limited effect on tourist demand and consumption to date. Due to severe data limitations we were unable to develop robust price elasticities, but an improved data set might make such analysis possible in the future. We are also exploring options for an in-depth price sensitivity analysis in relation to tourists’ transport behaviour.

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