Description of clusters by research indicators for each period
| Cluster | Indicator | Unit | All years | Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | 2017–2019 | 2020–2021 | 2022–2023 | ||||
| Cluster 1 | Air passengers/population | passenger/resident | 20.86 | 25.38 | 30.56 | 9.91 | 10.47 |
| Nights in paid accommodation/area | night/1,000 m2 | 101.00 | 99.08 | 119.22 | 55.15 | 122.41 | |
| Nights in paid accommodation/population | night/resident | 22.88 | 23.76 | 27.69 | 10.76 | 26.44 | |
| Overnight visits/population | visit/resident | 6.63 | 6.81 | 8.15 | 3.07 | 7.61 | |
| Total travel spends/GDP | US$1000/GDP | 119.32 | 130.89 | 139.38 | 54.97 | 136.23 | |
| Short-stay accommodation via online platforms* | Nights spent (million) | 4.26 | – | 5.52 | 1.84 | 5.43 | |
| Cluster 2 | Air passengers/population | passenger/resident | 7.53 | 9.53 | 10.91 | 3.46 | 3.50 |
| Nights in paid accommodation/area | night/1,000 m2 | 60.43 | 64.69 | 74.04 | 22.39 | 71.67 | |
| Nights in paid accommodation/population | night/resident | 6.71 | 7.23 | 8.13 | 2.96 | 7.55 | |
| Overnight visits/population | visit/resident | 2.89 | 3.10 | 3.50 | 1.33 | 3.26 | |
| Total travel spends/GDP | US$1000/GDP | 48.79 | 53.10 | 53.44 | 26.23 | 57.89 | |
| Short-stay accommodation via online platforms* | Nights spent (million) | 2.58 | – | 3.45 | 1.21 | 3.06 | |
| Cluster 3 | Air passengers/population | passenger/resident | 4.51 | 5.14 | 6.76 | 2.31 | 2.40 |
| Nights in paid accommodation/area | night/1,000 m2 | 27.35 | 27.52 | 33.27 | 12.07 | 33.51 | |
| Nights in paid accommodation/population | night/resident | 3.17 | 3.15 | 3.89 | 1.41 | 3.89 | |
| Overnight visits/population | visit/resident | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.94 | 0.70 | 1.86 | |
| Total travel spends/GDP | US$1000/GDP | 48.65 | 48.40 | 54.16 | 27.69 | 61.71 | |
| Short-stay accommodation via online platforms | Nights spent (million) | 2.04 | – | 2.56 | 0.88 | 2.68 | |
| Cluster | Indicator | Unit | All years | Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | 2017–2019 | 2020–2021 | 2022–2023 | ||||
| Cluster 1 | Air passengers/population | passenger/resident | 20.86 | 25.38 | 30.56 | 9.91 | 10.47 |
| Nights in paid accommodation/area | night/1,000 m2 | 101.00 | 99.08 | 119.22 | 55.15 | 122.41 | |
| Nights in paid accommodation/population | night/resident | 22.88 | 23.76 | 27.69 | 10.76 | 26.44 | |
| Overnight visits/population | visit/resident | 6.63 | 6.81 | 8.15 | 3.07 | 7.61 | |
| Total travel spends/GDP | US$1000/GDP | 119.32 | 130.89 | 139.38 | 54.97 | 136.23 | |
| Short-stay accommodation via online platforms* | Nights spent (million) | 4.26 | – | 5.52 | 1.84 | 5.43 | |
| Cluster 2 | Air passengers/population | passenger/resident | 7.53 | 9.53 | 10.91 | 3.46 | 3.50 |
| Nights in paid accommodation/area | night/1,000 m2 | 60.43 | 64.69 | 74.04 | 22.39 | 71.67 | |
| Nights in paid accommodation/population | night/resident | 6.71 | 7.23 | 8.13 | 2.96 | 7.55 | |
| Overnight visits/population | visit/resident | 2.89 | 3.10 | 3.50 | 1.33 | 3.26 | |
| Total travel spends/GDP | US$1000/GDP | 48.79 | 53.10 | 53.44 | 26.23 | 57.89 | |
| Short-stay accommodation via online platforms* | Nights spent | 2.58 | – | 3.45 | 1.21 | 3.06 | |
| Cluster 3 | Air passengers/population | passenger/resident | 4.51 | 5.14 | 6.76 | 2.31 | 2.40 |
| Nights in paid accommodation/area | night/1,000 m2 | 27.35 | 27.52 | 33.27 | 12.07 | 33.51 | |
| Nights in paid accommodation/population | night/resident | 3.17 | 3.15 | 3.89 | 1.41 | 3.89 | |
| Overnight visits/population | visit/resident | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.94 | 0.70 | 1.86 | |
| Total travel spends/GDP | US$1000/GDP | 48.65 | 48.40 | 54.16 | 27.69 | 61.71 | |
| Short-stay accommodation via online platforms | Nights spent | 2.04 | – | 2.56 | 0.88 | 2.68 | |
Notes:
*: Short-stay accommodation data was downloaded from EURSTAT and was available between 2018-2023. However, due to compatibility issues, it served only supplementary purpose and was not used in the ranking since it was not available for Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Mallorca, and London. The rationale for this decision was to maintain the analysis of these four major locations experiencing overtourism
Source: Authors’ own construction
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