Pietro Beritelli
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  • Publication
    Solo travel: Explorative insights from a mature market (Switzerland)
    (Sage, 2009-06-01)
    Laesser, Christian
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    Beritelli, Pietro orcid-logo
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    Bieger, Thomas
    This study examines solo travel, and offers (1) a conceptual framework of solo travelers, (2) a profile of these types of travelers (by socio-demographic characteristics), and (3) a profile of travels (by specific descriptors). The data for this study stem from a comprehensive survey of Swiss travel behavior conducted 2004 by the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). The conceptual model is derived from transportation research. It proposes an a priori segmentation of four types of solo travel, delineated on the combination of the (1) departure status (a single, one-person household, compared to a collective, multi-persons household) and (2) arrival status (solo travel, compared to group travel), thus creating a two-by-two matrix with four segments overall. Solo travelers basically either tend to foster an existing social network or try to nurse their curiosity and at the same time look for new social contacts. The results of the profiling further reveal significant differences between the solo travel groups, as well as towards a control group incorporating all other travel. They include income, profession, and age, as well as familiarity with the destination, choice of type of accommodation, expenditures and various types of trips. However, no significant differences can be reported with regard to the choice of destination.
    Type: journal article
    Journal: Journal of Vacation Marketing
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 3
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/75988
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    Health travel motivations and activities : The Swiss case
    (Travel & Tourism Research Association, 2008-06-17)
    Beritelli, Pietro orcid-logo
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    Engeler, Isabelle
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    Laesser, Christian
    This study investigates predictors (stated motivation and reported leisure activities) of health travel as opposed to a control group incorporating all other travel of the Swiss resident population, a well matured market. An a-priori segmentation of more than 11,000 trip cases (health travel as opposed to non health travel) was chosen as means of methodological concept, and stepwise logistic regression of 25 types of motivations and 72 types of activities towards group membership served as means of analysis. There appears to be a mature perception of health travel in the developed Swiss market, comprising rewarding elements of beauty, indulgence, and regeneration combined with demanding elements such as (challenging and stimulating) sports, including mountain biking, hiking, and golf.
    Type: conference paper
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/78199
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    Solo travel - Explorative insights from a mature market (Switzerland)
    ( 2007-06-17)
    Laesser, Christian
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    Beritelli, Pietro orcid-logo
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    Riklin, Thomas
    This study examines solo travel, and offers a conceptual framework of solo travelers, a profile of these types of travelers (by socio-demographic characteristics), and a profile of travels (by specific descriptors). The data for this study emerged from a comprehensive survey of Swiss travel behavior conducted 2004 by the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). The conceptual model proposes an a priori segmentation of four types of solo travel, delineated on the combination of the departure status (a single, one-person household, compared to a collective, multi-persons household) and arrival status (solo travel, compared to group travel), thus creating a two-by-two matrix with four segments overall. The results of the profiling reveal significant differences between the solo travel groups, as well as towards a control group incorporating all other travel. They include income, profession, and age, as well as familiarity with the destination, choice of type of accommodation, expenditures and various types of trips. However, no significant differences can be reported with regard to the choice of destination.
    Type: conference paper
    URL: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/ttra/2007/Presented_Papers/57/
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/80545
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    Travel expense estimation by hedonic regression - The case of Switzerland
    ( 2006-12-04)
    Beritelli, Pietro orcid-logo
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    Bieger, Thomas
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    Laesser, Christian
    This paper estimates the expenditures of Swiss travellers by means of a hedonic regression. Based on the constituting elements of a trip (number of travel companions from the same household, duration of trip, choice of destination, means of transport and accommodation), the overall and marginal costs of a trip (and thus expenditures) are estimated by log-linear regression. The key determinants of travel expenditure are (1) with regard to domestic tourism the number of participating household members, and (2) with regard to international tourism the duration of a trip. With regard to all forms of tourism, the type of accommodation has the comparably highest effect on trip expenditures.
    Type: conference paper
    URL: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/25410/20070805-0006/smib.vuw.ac.nz_8081/WWW/ANZMAC2006/documents/Beritelli_Pietro.pdf
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/82217