Several important findings from the correlation tables are worth mentioning. Specific- ity and intensity of attractions are highly and significantly correlated (r > 0.9; p < 0.0), that is, in the areas where there are more first-class or specific attractions there are also a higher number of total attractions. It seems, then, as if the presence of first-class attrac- tions fosters the development of other ‘complementary’ second-class attractions. This is so in the case of both tourism zones and current destinations. Moreover, both attributes, specificity and intensity of attractions, are also highly and significantly correlated with numbers of beds in the case of tourism zones (r > 0.9; p <0.0), which is also an important finding as it supports the idea that zones with high levels of attractiveness have a more developed tourism infrastructure in terms of accom- modation availability. This is not, however, the case of the current destinations or admin- istrative regions. This result supports the higher effectiveness of the tourism zones over the administrative regions in depicting the actual structuration and clustering of attrac- tions and accommodation infrastructure. We also observe that in the case of the tourism zones the number of administrative borders within the tourism zone is also highly and significantly correlated with intensity and specificity of attractions (r > 0.8; p < 0.0) and to a minor extent to the number of beds (r > 0.6; p < 0.0). This is a remarkable result as it proves that, at least in our case, the more the tourism zones differ from the administrative regions, the higher is their attractiveness. Finally, as for the variety of attractions, we find no significant correlation with the rest of the variables except for, to a certain extent, population (r > 0.6; p < 0.0). This points at the idea that while all the zones have attractions belonging to most of the attractions’ categories, only the more populated zones offer the whole variety of attractions. Local population living near tourism zones may consume some tourism products and attrac- tions, and therefore it is reasonable to assume that tourism companies may consider close- ness to highly inhabited areas as one of the factors when deciding their location. This is particularly the case for some products and services, which, for example, need an impor- tant investment in infrastructure when established, such as leisure parks or wellness centres.
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