Economic performance amongst English seaside towns

Agarwal, S., Rahman, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0391-6191, Page, S. J. and Jakes, S. (2024) Economic performance amongst English seaside towns. Current Issues in Tourism, 27 (16). pp. 2631-2648. ISSN 1368-3500 doi: 10.1080/13683500.2023.2234070

Abstract/Summary

Within urban and tourism studies, although much research has focused on uneven city prosperity and competitiveness, little is known about factors influencing seaside town economic performance. We adopt a place-based approach to understand its determinants amongst 58 of England’s largest seaside towns drawing on a bespoke database. Through Partial Least Square analysis, Spearman’s Rank Correlation and general linear regression modelling for panel data with random effects, we identify the ‘leaders’ and ‘laggers’ along with a set of associated socio-economic characteristics. These insights enhance understanding of how and why economic performance differs amongst these towns. We highlight implications for addressing such socio-economic disparities across seaside towns, which has wider destination relevance, and use these findings to inform policy which seeks to raise the productivity potential of ‘lagging’ towns.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/112592
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/13683500.2023.2234070
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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