When staying long enough is enough?

Abstract

Length-of-stay is a critical variable of interest to tourism destinations as it influences spending (Barros & Machado, 2010) and resource use. While worldwide tourists are undertaking more shorter duration trips (Gössling, Scott, & Hall, 2018), existing studies suggest that length-of-stay is determined by destination attributes, tourist socio-demographic, and trip characteristics (Jackman, Lorde, Naitram, & Greenaway, 2020; Wang, Fong, Law, & Fang, 2018). Tourist budgets, available holiday time and activities, and accommodation related decisions are key determinants of length-of-stay, thus affecting expenditure (Barros & Machado, 2010; Hall, 2005; Jackman et al., 2020; Jacobsen, Gössling, Dybedal, & Skogheim, 2018).