Resumen de Explaining cruisers’ shore expenditure through a latent class tobit model: Evidence from the Canary Islands
José Baños Pino, Beatriz Tovar de la Fe
This study analyzes the expenditure patterns of cruise ship passengers during stopovers in theCanary Islands, which is a key variable for evaluating the economic impact of this type of tourismfrom the point of view of local key stakeholders and residents. Information on cruisers’ expen-diture was collected in each port of call by survey responses for six cruise seasons, during theperiod 2001–2015. Through a latent class model in a framework of censured regression, threedistinct groups of passengers were identified. This approach fills a gap in the empirical tourismliterature in order to achieve more accurate results to deal with cruise travelers’ heterogeneity.Moreover, the identification of these homogeneous groups is important so as to better designpolicies that allow for higher tourism economic impact onshore. Our findings suggest that it wouldbe ideal to attract more class 1 cruise passengers
