A Stepwise Model of a Set of Visiting Areas in Sightseeing Excursion Behavior

Abstract

To explain the characteristics of the tourists' area selection, an activity-based model is developed. In this model, it is assumed that tourists determine a combination of visiting areas by stepwise processes, under constraints of the tour and mode scheduling. The parameter estimates of the model suggest that:(i) car users' area selection tend to be wider but the number of the visiting area are smaller than public transport users, and (ii) repeaters' area selection tend to be wider and the number of the visiting area are larger than first visitors.