Mode Choice of Inter-Island Travellers: Analyzing the Willingness of Ferry Passengers to Shift to Air Transportation

Abstract

The archipelagic nature of the Philippines gives rise to relatively unique transportation system requirements. As a result, travel demand models from other countries may not be entirely applicable to an inter-island scenario. The objective of this paper is to identify the determinants of mode choice for inter-island travellers in the Philippines, using data describing travel between Manila and Busuanga Island, where the main choices for travellers that were considered were air travel and sea travel. Using data from a stated preference experiment conducted on ship travellers, this paper applies binary choice logit models to evaluate the impact of fare differences, trip characteristics and the socio-economic attributes of respondents on their mode choice.