Exploring the main determinants of tourism participation at national and international level, the paper investigates if there are differences in tourism consumption behavior among Italian families which reflect disparities in their standard of living. To achieve this a Heckman model has been...

The paper aims at investigating the expenditure behavior of Italian tourists travelling abroad for personal purposes. In particular, we focus on the relationship between expenditure and satisfaction of Italian outbound tourists over the period 2007-2017, by using data provided by Bank of Italy....