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Segmenting Tourism in Rural Areas: The Case of North and Central Portugal

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A self-administered survey in four languages was obtained from 200 visitors in the study area, and four useful benefit segments were identified, and implications for market development are discussed as discussed by the authors.
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The primary purpose of this study was to segment and profile the needs of rural tourists so as to provide a better understanding of rural tourism in Portugal. A self-administered survey in four languages was obtained from 200 visitors in the study area. Four useful benefit segments were identified, and implications for market development are discussed.

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Impacts of Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Use on Travel Patterns

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Beyond “Commonsense Segmentation”: A Systematics of Segmentation Approaches in Tourism

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The Impact Of Tourism Development On Residents' Perceptions Of Community Life

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey was conducted in 20 rural communities as part of the 1985 Colorado Rural Recreation Development Project administered by the University of Colorado-Boulder to determine whether residents' perceptions of community life satisfaction vary with the levels of tourism development in theircommunity.
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Travel Motivations of Japanese Overseas Travelers: A Factor-Cluster Segmentation Approach:

TL;DR: In this article, a factor-cluster market segmentation approach was used to delineate the motivations of Japanese travelers who travel abroad for pleasure based on six push motivation factors, and cluster analysis was employed to identify similar respondents based on their motivations.