Trends and fluctuations in visitor flows to Yorkshire and Humberside hotels: An analysis of daily bed occupancy rates, 1982–1984

Abstract

Jeffrey D. (1985) Trends and fluctuations in visitor flows to Yorkshire and Humberside hotels; an analysis of daily bed occupancy rates, 1982–4, Reg. Studies 19, 509–522. It is argued that the formulation of planning policy for tourism requires detailed information on the temporal characteristics of tourist flows. Through an analysis of daily bed occupancy rates in seventy-nine hotels in Yorkshire and Humberside over the time period April 1982 to March 1984, temporal patterns of visitor flows are identified. Hotels are differentiated with respect to their overall occupancy levels, the nature and intensity of their seasonal and weekly occupancy patterns, and their changing occupancy performance over the time period. The simplicity and clarity of the spatial and temporal patterns identified prompt the search for the causal factors involved and the policy implications to be derived.