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Table 1

Tourists’ motivations for visiting Naples

Motivations	Tourist origin		Total	Mann–Whitney U
Motivations	Foreign	Domestic	Total	X²	Sig.
To experience its historical and monumental richness	3.85	4.16	4.00	33,466	<0.001
To deepen the knowledge of heritage	3.35	4.04	3.69	26,635	<0.000
To attend cultural events: exhibition, festival, etc.	2.28	2.17	2.23	36,902	<0.250
The city’s tourist reputation and fame	3.11	3.82	3.45	25,143	<0.000
Cultural motivation average	3.14	3.54	3.33	26,182.5	<0.000
Taste local gastronomy	4.46	4.53	4.49	36,929.5	<0.248
Disconnect from everyday life	3.86	3.61	3.74	34,936	<0.023
A desire to get to know new places	4.49	4.38	4.44	35,904	<0.047
Hedonic motivation average	4.27	4.18	4.23	34,593	<0.000
Visiting family and friends	1.72	2.33	2.01	32,762.5	<0.000
Work or business visit (meeting, congress, etc.)	1.37	1.60	1.48	35,923	<0.029
Circumstantial motivation average	1.55	1.97	1.75	30,487.5	<0.000
Proximity to my place of residence	1.82	2.33	206	31,755	<0.000
One more visit on my tourist itinerary	2.35	2.38	2.37	37,782.5	<0.711
An affordable tourist destination	3.28	3.53	3.40	34,473.5	<0.018
Desirability motivation average	2.45	2.74	2.60	32,147.5	<0.007

Motivations	Tourist origin		Total	Mann–Whitney U
Motivations	Foreign	Domestic	Total	X²	Sig.
To experience its historical and monumental richness	3.85	4.16	4.00	33,466	<0.001
To deepen the knowledge of heritage	3.35	4.04	3.69	26,635	<0.000
To attend cultural events: exhibition, festival, etc.	2.28	2.17	2.23	36,902	<0.250
The city’s tourist reputation and fame	3.11	3.82	3.45	25,143	<0.000
Cultural motivation average	3.14	3.54	3.33	26,182.5	<0.000
Taste local gastronomy	4.46	4.53	4.49	36,929.5	<0.248
Disconnect from everyday life	3.86	3.61	3.74	34,936	<0.023
A desire to get to know new places	4.49	4.38	4.44	35,904	<0.047
Hedonic motivation average	4.27	4.18	4.23	34,593	<0.000
Visiting family and friends	1.72	2.33	2.01	32,762.5	<0.000
Work or business visit (meeting, congress, etc.)	1.37	1.60	1.48	35,923	<0.029
Circumstantial motivation average	1.55	1.97	1.75	30,487.5	<0.000
Proximity to my place of residence	1.82	2.33	206	31,755	<0.000
One more visit on my tourist itinerary	2.35	2.38	2.37	37,782.5	<0.711
An affordable tourist destination	3.28	3.53	3.40	34,473.5	<0.018
Desirability motivation average	2.45	2.74	2.60	32,147.5	<0.007

Source(s): Authors’ elaboration through SPSS