Rural shopping is emerging as a tourism market that is under-researched and
offers potential for the economic development of rural regions. Therefore, the
purpose of this paper is to investigate the role and importance of the domestic
rural shopping market in Canada as a ‘niche’ market in rural
tourism, and to provide a description of the characteristics of rural shoppers.
Secondary data analysis of the domestic Canadian Travel Survey (1998-2001)
reveals that there are many rural visitors who also participate in shopping, and
that rural shoppers display different characteristics from average Canadian
domestic travellers. Market segmentation using cluster analysis identifies five
activity-based groups that differ on the basis of demographics and trip characteristics.
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