Factors Influencing Visitor's Choices of Urban Destinations in North ...

• On average across all cities, by building one three-star specific structure, thenumber of visitors will increase by 2.87 million.• On average across all cities, by building one three-star amusement park, thenumber of visitors will increase by 7.09 million.• On average across all cities, by building one casino, the number of visitors willincrease by 390,000.• On average across all cities, by improving public transportation score by 1%, thenumber of visitors will increase by 70,000.• On average across all cities, by increasing population density by one person perkm 2 , the number of visitors will increase by 140,000.• Combination of casinos with amusement parks and specific structures (i.e. Statueof Liberty or CN Tower) supports the argument that tourists want to beentertained.• Quality-rated amusement parks and specific structures explain more variation invisits than total count of these types of attractions.• Clustering of attractions is important. Combination of casinos with amusementparks and specific structures produces higher adjusted R 2 than these types ofattractions taken individually.• Infrastructure is important in explaining tourist visitations since publictransportation score obtained from “Places Rated Almanac” was marginallysignificant.• Population density variable improves adjusted R 2 .Model 5: In Model 5, the number of visits was regressed on the number of amusementparks with the three-star rating, the number of specific structures with the three-starrating, the number of shopping areas with the three-star rating, and the number of hotelrooms. The adjusted R 2 for this model is 88%. For more details about this model seeTechnical Appendix Section B. The main conclusions of this model are as follows:• On average across all cities, by building one three-star-specific structure, thenumber of visitors will increase by 1.05 million.• On average across all cities, by building one three-star amusement park, thenumber of visitors will increase by 4.71 million.• On average across all cities, by building one three-star shopping area, the numberof visitors will increase by 630,000.• On average across all cities, by increasing the number of hotel rooms by 100, thenumber of visitors will increase by 10,400.• Combination of amusement parks with specific structures (i.e. Statue of Liberty orCN Tower) and shopping areas supports the argument that tourists want to beentertained.25