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CARACTERIZACIÓN ESPACIAL DEL TURISMO EN EXTREMADURA MEDIANTE ANÁLISIS DE AGRUPAMIENTO (GROUPING ANALYSIS). UN ENSAYO TÉCNICO

2017; Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y Teledetección; Volume: 19; Linguagem: Inglês

10.21138/gf.490

1578-5157

José Manuel Sánchez Martín, Juan Ignacio Rengifo Gallego, Marcelino Sánchez Rivero,

Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis

This paper shows a technical test on the characterization of the tourist space of Extremadura by applying Grouping Analysis, a technique linked to geostatistics.Variables related to tourist attractions and accommodation and catering supply are considered, as well as spatial criteria.Thus, it tries to go beyond a mere quantitative analysis by incorporating the neighboring space as a key factor in establishing homogeneous groups.Numerous tests are performed, using quite diverse variables and different spatial restriction criteria, since its omission, to the consideration of three neighbors as a criterion of distance.It is shown that the results obtained after the inclusion of the latter criterion are significantly better than those obtained after the omission of the spatial feature.As a result of this application, 14 well-differentiated tourist areas are obtained.