Análise confirmatória à preferência nos Hostels na cidade do Porto, em Portugal

  1. Jose Antonio Fraiz Brea 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

Revista:
Investigaciones Turísticas

ISSN: 2174-5609

Ano de publicación: 2020

Número: 19

Páxinas: 104-120

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.14198/INTURI2020.19.05 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Outras publicacións en: Investigaciones Turísticas

Resumo

The objective of this paper is to analyse and to confirm the characteristics that determine the choice of hostels in the city of Oporto, Portugal. A survey was carried out among 208 guests of this kind of accommodation. Hostels form part of the low-cost segment. They are consid-ered to be affordable lodging places for guests who do not seek luxury and therefore are associated with backpacking tourism. The confirmatory analysis identifies eight factors that form the basis of their choice, namely: the security of the hostel in general, its cleanliness, the hostel’s basic furniture, its support services to guests, the design and atmosphere, the positive externalities of location, conviviality and guest entertainment and the physical and objective safety of the hostel. It is a confirmatory analysis, whereby thirty-eight items grouped into eight factors make a considerable contribution to the study of the topic. Therefore, it should be of interest to managers of these types of accommodation, investors and the general public.

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