| Title | Short-Term Disruptions and Recovery Patterns in Spanish Hotel Activity: Insights from Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence |
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| Type | Journal article |
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| Authors | Caporale, G., Gil-Alana, L., Poza, C. and Ruiz-Alba, J. |
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| Abstract | This paper examines the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Spanish hotel activity to establish whether it has had temporary or permanent effects. The analysis is based on both quantitative and qualitative approaches. For the former, data from Google Trends and the Spanish Statistical Office (INE) are collected to create a Leading Hotel Activity (LHA) index and fractional integration and cointegration methods are applied. For the latter, online interviews of a focus group in the Spanish hotel sector are conducted. The analysis also distinguishes between the five main source countries for Spain and the main five tourists regions in Spain. The results show that the impact of Covid-19 shock on Spanish hotel activity was temporary, and that it disappeared at a faster rate in the case of the Balearic Islands and of tourists from Germany. tHe qualitative evidence indicates a strong linkage between intentions and behaviour in the Spanish tourism sector. |
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| Keywords | Tourism; Spain; fractional integration; Leading Hotel Activity (LHA) index |
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| Journal | European Research Studies Journal |
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| Journal citation | XXIX (1), pp. 332-355 |
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| ISSN | 1108-2976 |
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| 3057-4331 |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Publisher | International Strategic Management Association |
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| Publisher's version | License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.35808/ersj/4315 |
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| Published | 2026 |
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