Are Telecommunications and Travel Substitutes or Complements? An Empirical Analysis of a Developing City in Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between household travel and telecommunication use with data collected from 498 participants in Akure metropolis, Nigeria and finds that a positive relationship exists between telecommunication and travel. While the substitution effect of telecommunication on the trip was not significant in the study, the result of the multinomial logistic regression revealed telecommunications complements travel more than substitute.