Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.37741/t.72.1.10
Developing a Typology of Hostel Visitors Using the Bagged Clustering Approach
Zoran Paunović,
; Makarska, Croatia
Darko Prebežac
orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-4668
; Department of Tourism, Faculty of Economics and Business University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
This article is the first study to present a nuanced analysis of hostel visitors. Using the bagged clustering approach, a typology of hostel visitors was developed, involving four distinctive types of hostel visitors: (i) Hostel lovers, (ii) Landing point visitors, (iii) Flashpackers look-alikes, and (iv) Classical backpackers.
Keywords
hostel tourists; segmentation; typology; bagged clustering
Hrčak ID:
313845
URI
Publication date:
30.1.2024.
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