Competitive positioning of winter tourism destinations: A comparative analysis of demand and supply sides perspectives–Cases from Turkey

Kış Turizmi Destinasyonlarının Algılanan Performansı: Türkiye’deki Beş Destinasyonun Kıyaslaması

“…Kartepe, çok çeşitli ve uzun pistleri olmasa da İstanbul'a bir buçuk saat mesafede olmasıyla ziyaretçi sayısını hızla arttırmıştır. Erciyes ise 2000'li yıllarda Kayseri Büyükşehir Belediyesi'nin pistlere yaptığı yatırımlarla en hızlı gelişen destinasyon olmuştur (Evren ve Kozak 2018).…”

“…Bunlar arasında Türkiye'nin kış turizmi ana pazarlarına (İstanbul, Ankara, Bursa, İzmir) en yakın olanları; Uludağ, Kartepe ve Kartalkaya'dır. Dolayısıyla, özellikle kolay ulaşılabilirlikleriyle, talep açısından avantajlıdırlar (Evren ve Kozak, 2018). Yatak kapasitesi açısından, 13.440 yatakla Uludağ öndedir (Bursa Valiliği 2018).…”

A conceptual study of the strategic role of gastronomy in tourism destinations

“…It is generally accepted that there is a strong relationship between tourism and gastronomy (Rand et al, 2003;Chaney & Ryan, 2012;Leng & Badarulzaman, 2014;Chang & Mak, 2018), which destinations can use to gain a competitive advantage (Horng & Tsai, 2012;Mascarenhas & Gandara, 2015). Although there are studies which are benefiting strategic approaches such as resource-based view (Lee & King, 2006;Massukado-Nakatani & Teixeira, 2009;De Carlo & Dubini, 2010;Evans, 2016;Alonso, 2017b;Horng &Tsai, 2012;Alonso & Bressan, 2016;Alonso, 2017a), emergent strategy (Bourlakis & Bourlakis, 2001;Ottenbacher & Harrington, 2013;Aydın, 2019) and positioning strategy (Chen & Uysal 2002;Claveria & Poluzzi, 2017;Evren & Kozak, 2018;Frochot, 2003;Gianezini, Alves, Techemayer & Révillion, 2012;Klinger, Silveira-Martins, de Castro & Rosetto, 2019) in hospitality, tourism, and gastronomy literature, there is not much dealt with the question of what is the strategic role of gastronomy in tourism destinations. Especially the study which has benefited these three strategic approaches (resource-based view, emergent strategy and positioning strategy) to investigate the strategic role of gastronomy in destinations remains underexplored in the literature.…”

The Economic Sustainability of Snow Tourism: The Case of Ski Resorts in Austria, France, and Italy

“…In said report, the author identifies around 2000 ski resorts, which attracted over 400 million skiers in 2017-2018 [1]. The authors also finds that mature markets have seen their growth slow, while other emerging markets show significant progress [2].…”

“…For its part, France offers a wide variety of ski slopes. The country's total ski area exceeds 1100 km 2 , with 325 ski areas attracting over 54 million skiers in the 2016-2017 season. France is, therefore, a mature and established winter sport destination [4].…”