Comparing the temporal changes of airfares on online travel agency websites and metasearch engines.

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dc.author.affiliationATOhu
dc.author.affiliationNONRKIhu
dc.author.mtmtid10029402
dc.contributor.authorDudás, Gábor
dc.contributor.authorBoros, Lajos
dc.contributor.authorVida, György
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmthu
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-08T09:51:48Z
dc.date.available2018-05-08T09:51:48Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractRecent trends in transport and communication infrastructures have had a profound impact on the tourism industry. Despite the growing number and importance of online travel agencies and travel metasearch sites tourism literature addressing this issue is very scarce. This paper aims to examine the temporal changes of return airfares on online travel agency (OTA) and travel metasearch websites from Budapest to three short-haul destinations for fixed departure dates in high and shoulder season. The study was based on quantitative research methods using automated internet data collection and tatistical analysis (ANOVA tests). During the study, we created a database containing more than 31 thousand ticket prices over a 182-day period for the three selected destinations. Empirical findings showed that no single website offered lowest airfares consistently and metasearch sites outperformed OTAs in almost any cases by offering lower airfares. Results also indicated the best time to book flights on the selected sites, airfares for shoulder season were significantly cheaper than for high season and ticket prices tend to be more expensive on Mondays and Sundays.hu
dc.description.accessszabadon elérhető / Free accesshu
dc.format.extentfirstpage187hu
dc.format.extentlastpage203hu
dc.identifier.citationTourism, 65 (2). pp. 187-203. (2017)hu
dc.identifier.issn1332-7461hu
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid10029402
dc.identifier.urihttp://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/12409
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11155/1603
dc.languageangolhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTourismhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue2hu
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0) Nevezd meg!-Ne add el!-Ne változtasd!hu
dc.subjectrepülőjegyárak - Budapesthu
dc.subjectonline utazási irodákhu
dc.subjectonline kereső rendszerekhu
dc.subjectdiszkont légitársaságokhu
dc.subjectGIShu
dc.subjectlégi közlekedéshu
dc.subjectköltség-távolság elemzéshu
dc.titleComparing the temporal changes of airfares on online travel agency websites and metasearch engines.en
dc.typejournalArticleen
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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