Tourists' Indulgence Towards Unplanned Expenditure: A Study in an Emerging Destination

Abstract

This research note aims at gauging the importance of expenditures incurred by tourists other than the planned and common ones while visiting a destination. As it is, such expenditures might be more meaningful for the economic benefit of the locals. This exploratory empirical study tries to measure the nature of tourists' expenditure, especially of the unplanned ones, in Northeast India, an emerging tourist destination. Certain relationships could be established between the classification variables like age, origin, and budget with the extent of other expenditures of the tourists.