EU MEMBERSHIP AND THE IMPACT ON THE IMAGE AND ATTRACTIVENESS ON TOURISM DESTINATIONS

  • Jorge Umbelino University of Huelva
  • José Miguel Rodríguez-Antón
  • Maria de la Soledad Celemín-Pedroche
  • Raúl Filipe
  • Éricka Amorim
  • Maria Adelaide Carranca

Keywords:

European Union territory, European citizens, tourism demand, tourist behaviour

Abstract

The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it aims to understand if the territory of the European Union (EU) contains any form of identity, with particular effects on tourism. Secondly, to identify how EU citizens interpret the Union in a special way when they choose their international tourist destinations. The key issue is to understand the behaviour of EU nationals as a new form of ‘domestic’ tourism in the European Union in order to know what factors determine the choice of an international tourism destination in Europe by European citizens and what attributes make a European tourist destination more attractive than other. That is why authors conducted a direct survey on EU residents. A descriptive and a factorial analysis have been applied to more than 600 replies received from 26 States.

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Author Biographies

Jorge Umbelino, University of Huelva

Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril; e-Geo,
FCSH/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

José Miguel Rodríguez-Antón
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Maria de la Soledad Celemín-Pedroche
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Raúl Filipe
Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril (Portugal)
Éricka Amorim

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar; e-Geo, FCSH/Universidade Nova de
Lisboa (Portugal)

Maria Adelaide Carranca
e-Geo, FCSH/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

References

Published
2014-12-30
How to Cite
Umbelino, J., Rodríguez-Antón, J. M., Celemín-Pedroche, M. de la S., Filipe, R., Amorim, Éricka, & Carranca, M. A. (2014). EU MEMBERSHIP AND THE IMPACT ON THE IMAGE AND ATTRACTIVENESS ON TOURISM DESTINATIONS. ENLIGHTENING TOURISM. A PATHMAKING JOURNAL, 4(2), 112-146. https://doi.org/10.33776/et.v4i2.2527
Section
RESEARCH PAPERS