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      Characterization of the national and foreign tourist who visits the city of La Serena, Chile Translated title: Caracterización del turista nacional y extranjero que visita la ciudad de La Serena, Chile

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          Abstract: The research analyzes the profile of the national and foreign tourists visiting a recognized destination of Chile: La Serena. Based on a field study applied to 920 tourists, their sociodemographic, behavioral, motivational and satisfaction attributes are contrasted. The results reveal a tourist of homogeneous demographic qualities, who travels to the area motivated by the desire to disconnect from the everyday life and by the tourist reputation of the city. The main differences between the types of tourists are found in the socioeconomic level and behavioral aspects of travel such as the planning time, expenses and the use of internet resources. Also, a high degree of visitors satisfaction was found based on the beauty of the city, the hospitality of the residents and the quality of the gastronomy. While, in the other hand, the public transport service, the guide and tourist information available and price-quality relationship are the least valued attributes. It concludes, in regarding to the need to enhance the tourism in the area by generating tourist products according to the particular profile of the visitor and their satisfaction determinants.

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          Resumen: La investigación analiza el perfil del turista nacional y extranjero que visita la ciudad de La Serena: reconocido destino turístico de Chile. En base a un estudio de campo aplicado a 920 turistas, se contrastan sus características sociodemográficas, conductuales, motivacionales y atributos de satisfacción. Los resultados develan un turista de cualidades demográficas homogéneas, que viaja a la zona impulsado por el ánimo de desconectarse de lo cotidiano y por la reputación turística de la ciudad. Las principales diferencias entre los tipos de turistas, se hallan en el nivel socioeconómico y aspectos comportamentales de viaje como el tiempo de planeación, gasto registrado y uso de recursos de internet. Se encontró, además, un alto grado de conformidad de los visitantes basado en la belleza de la ciudad, la hospitalidad de los residentes y la calidad de la gastronomía. Mientras que el servicio de transporte público, la guía e información turística disponible y la relación calidad-precio son los atributos menos valorados. Se concluye respecto de la necesidad de potenciar el turismo de la zona mediante la generación de productos turísticos acordes al perfil particular del visitante y de sus determinantes de satisfacción.

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                Journal
                riat
                Revista interamericana de ambiente y turismo
                Rev. interam. ambient. tur.
                Universidad de Talca. Facultad de Economía y Negocios. (Talca, , Chile )
                0717-6651
                0718-235X
                June 2020
                : 16
                : 1
                : 49-65
                Affiliations
                [2] La Serena Coquimbo orgnameUniversidad de La Serena orgdiv1Departamento de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Chile
                [1] La Serena Coquimbo orgnameUniversidad de La Serena orgdiv1Departamento de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Chile
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                S0718-235X2020000100049 S0718-235X(20)01600100049
                10.4067/s0718-235x2020000100049
                cb383f80-d894-48ed-9f82-5c675e4f282d

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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                : 30 April 2020
                : 25 February 2020
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 35, Pages: 17
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                tourist satisfaction,La Serena (Chile),satisfacción del turista,atributos turísticos,variables de segmentación,perfil del turista,tourist attributes,segmentation variables,tourist profile

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