英文摘要 |
Since 2001, when a two-day off per week policy was inaugurated, domestic tourism has soared significantly. Accordingly, both the average spending per person per trip and the number of domestic tours have grown, encouraging investments in related industries. This research explores the effects of transport choices on personal travel expenditure.It exhibits tourism expenditure in five patterns: total travel, transportation, accommodation, food and beverages, and shopping. This study adopted data from the Bureau of Tourism’s Domestic Travel Survey 2012 and used Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations (SUR) to estimate tourists’ expenditure on two travel modes: public and private transport.The occupational variables in the public mode indicate very little influence on tourism expenditure, whereas the variables in the private mode exhibit significant influence on the tourism expenditure.Therefore, tourism industries are well advised to map out different travel products for tourists from different transportmodes in order to meet consumer demand in different markets. |