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TOURISTIC PRODUCT “AZORES”: TOURIST ORIGIN COUNTRY INFLUENCE ON PERCEPTIVE DIFFERENCES
 
     
     TOURISTIC PRODUCT “AZORES”: TOURIST ORIGIN COUNTRY INFLUENCE ON PERCEPTIVE DIFFERENCES
     


Autor(es):
Batista, Maria da Graça
Universidade dos Açores
Faias, Cláudia Soares
Universidade dos Açores
Martins, Alexandra Dutra
Hospital do Santo Espírito
Silva, Francisco José
Universidade dos Açores


Periódico: Tourism & Management Studies

Fonte: Revista Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies; PROCEEDINGS TMS ALGARVE 2011: Extended Abstracts; 1144-1147

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Resumo: This study focused on the Azores Islands, which has characteristics that are considered favorable to the development of tourism and interest in the touristic product, and aimed to assess tourists’ perceptions of certain costs (cost of living, accommodation cost, plane ticket cost, and transportation to/from the airport cost) and determine whether these perceptions differ among tourists residing in different countries.Results show that most tourists, residents in Portugal or not, perceive the cost of living and the plane ticket cost as high and the accommodation cost and transportation to/from the airport cost as normal.We concluded that the different models (cost of living model, accommodation cost model, plane ticket cost model and transportation to/from the airport cost model) differ according to residence. Among non-residents, to live/reside in certain countries, induces respondents to show perceptive differences of the examined costs.