Segmentation of coastal marine demand from a National Recreational Area: Villamil Beach, Ecuador

Mauricio Carvache-Franco; Orly Carvache-Franco; Wilmer Carvache-Franco; Miguel Orden-Mejía; Cristina Macas-López

doi:10.5937/gp22-18410

Mauricio Carvache-Franco Universidad Espíritu Santo-Ecuador, Business Management and Administration, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Orly Carvache-Franco Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Facultad de Especialidades Empresariales, K1.5, Av. Carlos Julio Arosemena, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Wilmer Carvache-Franco Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, España.
Miguel Orden-Mejía Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Cristina Macas-López Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Guayaquil, Ecuador

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/gp22-18410

Keywords: Tourism, Segmetation, Motivation, Coastal marine, Ecuador,

Abstract

Tourist demand segmentation can provide important information for creating products tailored to the clusters found. The present empirical work was carried out in situ in Ecuador at the Villamil Beach National Recreation Area, a coastal marine destination within a national recreation area. Factor analysis on responses by tourists to a questionnaire produces two motivational dimensions: "Ecotourism" and "Sun and beach". Three tourist segments are found: “Beach lovers”, who have high motivations for enjoying the sun and the beach, "Coastal Nature", who have high motivations for enjoying the typical gastronomy, for the sun and the beach, for the tourist attractions and for knowing the flora and fauna and, finally, "Coastal Passive", who have medium and low motivations in all aspects.

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