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Article

The Impact of High-Speed Rail Systems on Tourist Attractiveness in Italy: Regression Models and Numerical Results

by
Mariano Gallo
1,* and
Rosa Anna La Rocca
2
1
Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy
2
Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 80125 Napoli, Italy
*
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Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 13818; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113818
Submission received: 6 October 2022 / Revised: 22 October 2022 / Accepted: 23 October 2022 / Published: 25 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Collection Tourism Research and Regional Sciences)
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Abstract

This paper evaluates the impact of high-speed rail systems on tourist attractiveness in Italy. The analysis is carried out with reference to provincial capitals, only some of which are served by high-speed railway lines. To achieve this objective, two multiple linear regression models were specified and calibrated, which relate arrivals and presences in accommodation facilities to several factors that could influence the tourist destination: cultural, historical, and monumental heritage, commercial activities, recreational activities, accessibility, etc. Both models showed that the availability of high-speed railway services is an important factor in the choice of tourist destination, being, moreover, the only accessibility variable found to be significant; furthermore, the elasticity of tourist demand to this factor was significant too.
Keywords: tourism; high-speed rail; accessibility; regression models tourism; high-speed rail; accessibility; regression models

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Gallo, M.; La Rocca, R.A. The Impact of High-Speed Rail Systems on Tourist Attractiveness in Italy: Regression Models and Numerical Results. Sustainability 2022, 14, 13818. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113818

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Gallo M, La Rocca RA. The Impact of High-Speed Rail Systems on Tourist Attractiveness in Italy: Regression Models and Numerical Results. Sustainability. 2022; 14(21):13818. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113818

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Gallo, Mariano, and Rosa Anna La Rocca. 2022. "The Impact of High-Speed Rail Systems on Tourist Attractiveness in Italy: Regression Models and Numerical Results" Sustainability 14, no. 21: 13818. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113818

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Gallo, M., & La Rocca, R. A. (2022). The Impact of High-Speed Rail Systems on Tourist Attractiveness in Italy: Regression Models and Numerical Results. Sustainability, 14(21), 13818. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142113818

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