Income elasticity of demand for tourism at Fulufjället National Park

• Peter Fredman ^[1] ; Daniel Wikström ^[2]
  1. [1] Norwegian University of Life Sciences

     Norwegian University of Life Sciences

     Noruega

     
  2. [2] Dalarna University

     Dalarna University

     Suecia

     
• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 24, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 51-63
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • National Parks are significant markers in the tourism attraction system and represent an important supply of recreation opportunities for the clients of the nature-based tourism industry. In this study, we analyze income elasticities among visitors from two major nationalities at Fulufjället National Park (FNP)—a cross-boundary park between Sweden and Norway—to see if this tourism product is a luxury or not. Modeling demand with a Tobit model, we find that visiting this National Park is close to a luxury, but results also show that elasticities differ across both income and nationality: FNP is more likely to be a luxury good among low-income Germans and high-income Swedes. The article concludes with a discussion on policy and management implications from these results.