An operational definition of day trips: Methodological proposal and application to the case of the province of Barcelona

• Jordi Suriñach ^[1] ; Josep A Casanovas ; Marién André ^[1] ; Joaquim Murillo ^[1] ; Javier Romaní ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de Barcelona

     Universitat de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 25, Nº. 6, 2019, págs. 964-986
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The day tripper (or day visitor) is a visitor type that represents a high proportion of total visitortrips; however, unlike the tourist, few studies focus their attention specifically on them. Addi-tionally, there is currently a marked deficit of methodological specificity in the definition of theconcept and the quantification procedures used in its study. This article examines the variousdefinitions proposed to date of the ‘day trip’, highlighting this lack of specificity, above all withregard to the concept ofusual environment. It then proposes a specific methodology for thequantification of day trips in small areas, without discounting official statistics, but seeking to makeit independent of other variables (including the size of a territory). We propose linkingusualenvironmentwith belonging to the same urban system. The article concludes by applying ourproposal to the case of the province of Barcelona.