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Hugo Padrón-Ávila is PhD candidate at the University of La Laguna, Spain. He currently works as a research assistant at the Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods of this university. He has been visiting researcher at the National Tzung Cheng University, Taiwan, the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy, and at the University of Central Florida, USA. His areas of specialization are tourists’ mobility, behaviour, and segmentation.
In this paper, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions derived from airport surface access of outbound German tourists travelling to the Canary Islands have been estimated. It is argued that carbon footprint estimations in tourism must be improved to incorporate the transport to the airports within the country of origin. To do so, statistical data from the Tourism Expenditure Survey of the Canary Islands have been used. In particular, the postcodes of a large sample of German tourists visiting the archipelago from 2012 to 2014 are used to identify their residence and the distances travelled to their chosen airport. The findings of the paper contribute to the literature on tourism carbon footprints, including an estimate of the share of airport surface access emissions in a typical outbound sun and beach holiday trip. Airport ground access accounted for 8.17% of transport-related emissions. These results have implications for urban planners, transport firms, and tourism management.
Raúl Hernández-Martín; Hugo Padrón-Ávila. The Carbon Footprint of Airport Ground Access as Part of an Outbound Holiday Trip. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9085 .
AMA StyleRaúl Hernández-Martín, Hugo Padrón-Ávila. The Carbon Footprint of Airport Ground Access as Part of an Outbound Holiday Trip. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9085.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaúl Hernández-Martín; Hugo Padrón-Ávila. 2021. "The Carbon Footprint of Airport Ground Access as Part of an Outbound Holiday Trip." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9085.
Es necesario medir los impactos generados por el turismo para poder tomar decisiones que afecten a esta actividad. Una de las principales herramientas de medición de la misma es la Cuenta Satélite del Turismo (CST) por su carácter internacional. En este trabajo se ha procedido a comparar un total de 27 países, pertenecientes o relacionados con la Unión Europea (UE), a través de sus CST. La finalidad del trabajo es lograr extraer conclusiones generales acerca de cómo se estructura la actividad turística en estos países para identificar las diferencias existentes entre los mismos. Además, se ha decidido emplear una serie de datos complementarios para poder elaborar varios tipos de indicadores que faciliten el análisis. Por último, en este trabajo se analizan los inconvenientes vinculados al uso de la CST como herramienta de comparación y se recomiendan mejoras para una mejor recogida de estadística turística.
Hugo Padrón Ávila. La medición del impacto económico del turismo: metodología y principales resultados de la Cuenta Satélite del Turismo en la Unión Europea. Investigaciones Turísticas 2020, 79 -96.
AMA StyleHugo Padrón Ávila. La medición del impacto económico del turismo: metodología y principales resultados de la Cuenta Satélite del Turismo en la Unión Europea. Investigaciones Turísticas. 2020; (20):79-96.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHugo Padrón Ávila. 2020. "La medición del impacto económico del turismo: metodología y principales resultados de la Cuenta Satélite del Turismo en la Unión Europea." Investigaciones Turísticas , no. 20: 79-96.
Popular tourism destinations based on specific attractions along with coastal and island destinations have been considered potential candidates to suffer from overtourism. In this context, in-depth knowledge of the determinants of tourists’ choices of attractions can be used to improve policies against crowding. This paper analyzes why tourists decide to visit certain attractions instead of others in the context of an island destination with sustainability concerns. To do so, discrete choice models are used to determine if a set of 96 variables can explain why 11 attractions are visited on the island of Lanzarote. The results show that 86 variables are significant to explain visits to at least one of the attractions. The analysis also identifies both similarities and differences on the effects these variables have on the probability of visiting each of the 11 attractions. These results are useful to cluster attractions depending on the profile of those tourists most likely to visit them and to cluster variables regarding their effect on visiting attractions. Furthermore, the results provide useful information for public and private managers involved in evenly reallocating tourist flows in time and space to avoid the negative impacts of overtourism.
Hugo Padrón-Ávila; Raúl Hernández-Martín. Preventing Overtourism by Identifying the Determinants of Tourists’ Choice of Attractions. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5177 .
AMA StyleHugo Padrón-Ávila, Raúl Hernández-Martín. Preventing Overtourism by Identifying the Determinants of Tourists’ Choice of Attractions. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (19):5177.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHugo Padrón-Ávila; Raúl Hernández-Martín. 2019. "Preventing Overtourism by Identifying the Determinants of Tourists’ Choice of Attractions." Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5177.
Hugo Padrón‐Ávila; Raúl Hernández‐Martín. Why do tourists differ in their likelihood to visit attractions? The case of Lanzarote. International Journal of Tourism Research 2019, 21, 790 -800.
AMA StyleHugo Padrón‐Ávila, Raúl Hernández‐Martín. Why do tourists differ in their likelihood to visit attractions? The case of Lanzarote. International Journal of Tourism Research. 2019; 21 (6):790-800.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHugo Padrón‐Ávila; Raúl Hernández‐Martín. 2019. "Why do tourists differ in their likelihood to visit attractions? The case of Lanzarote." International Journal of Tourism Research 21, no. 6: 790-800.
Hugo Padrón-Ávila; Raúl Hernández-Martín; Universidad De La Laguna (España). Los puntos de interés turístico: Relevancia analítica, propuesta metodológica y caso de estudio. PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural 2017, 15, 979 -1000.
AMA StyleHugo Padrón-Ávila, Raúl Hernández-Martín, Universidad De La Laguna (España). Los puntos de interés turístico: Relevancia analítica, propuesta metodológica y caso de estudio. PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural. 2017; 15 (4):979-1000.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHugo Padrón-Ávila; Raúl Hernández-Martín; Universidad De La Laguna (España). 2017. "Los puntos de interés turístico: Relevancia analítica, propuesta metodológica y caso de estudio." PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural 15, no. 4: 979-1000.