Department of Business Administration, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway.
Department of Marketing, Management and Finance Institute, WSB University in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
PLoS One. 2021 Dec 7;16(12):e0259709. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259709. eCollection 2021.
This paper aims to identify the determinants of the length of stay (LoS) of international tourists in Norway. The paper reassesses the standard assumption related to tourists' LoS; it refers to the travel industry's current trends, and it postulates a more sustainable approach to analyzing tourists' LoS at the destination level. The paper concludes with a series of recommendations. The data for this study were collected during 153 data collection days and among 5,300 travelers in Norway. The determinants of LoS were analyzed by means of an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. The results indicate that tourists' LoS is positively related to their age, interests (nature-based tourists), origin (German, Dutch tourists) and mode of travel organization (package tourists). A negative and significant effect on tourists' LoS was found for tourists' interests (urban-based tourists), spending, and origin (home market, long-haul tourists). No significant results were revealed for two covariates, namely, gender and repeat visitation.
本文旨在确定挪威国际游客停留时间（LoS）的决定因素。本文重新评估了与游客 LOS 相关的标准假设；它涉及旅游行业的当前趋势，并假定在目的地层面分析游客 LOS 时采用更可持续的方法。本文最后提出了一系列建议。本研究的数据是在 153 个数据收集日和挪威的 5300 名旅行者中收集的。通过普通最小二乘法（OLS）回归分析了 LOS 的决定因素。结果表明，游客的 LOS 与其年龄、兴趣（自然为基础的游客）、来源（德国、荷兰游客）和旅行组织方式（套餐游客）呈正相关。游客的兴趣（以城市为基础的游客）、支出和来源（国内市场、长途游客）对游客的 LOS 产生了负面影响和显著影响。两个协变量，即性别和重复访问，没有显示出显著的结果。
