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- Heterogeneity and dynamics in tourist motivations evidences from the Algarve tourist's preferencesPublication . Serra, Jaime Manuel Moleiro; Correia, Antónia; Rodrigues, P. M. M.The present thesis is about tourism demand, more precisely about the determinants that lead motivations to drift and the real weight they have on tourists’ choices. Tourism demand presents an heterogeneous pattern of evolution which is related with several internal and external determinants that promote or affect the demand for international tourism travel. Combinations of the latter determinants may help explain the current tourist behavioural pattern and future changes in tourist motivations. It is expected that motivations are related to the choice of certain destinations. Grounded in Lancaster’s theory (Lancaster, 1966), mainly in its extensions to theories of choice models applied to tourism (Morley, 1992; Rugg, 1973) it begun by identifying the macro and microeconomic variables which influence international tourism demand, through quantitative research based on microeconometric methods, which allow for the assessment of choice patterns of international tourists in the Algarve. Hence, this research assesses the robustness of preference patterns over the years and draws the paths of future evolution throughout an innovative approach – the yield analysis. Results suggest that tourism demand presents heterogeneous patterns over time and that tourist motivations do not remain constant over time. The results also reflect the influence of noneconomic factors in tourism demand for international travel, as well as, the influence of pull motivations (destination attributes) on changing patterns of preferences, mainly when the repeat travel behaviour persists, as it is evidenced in the Algarve region.