The attractiveness and competitiveness of tourist destinations: A study of Southern Italian regions

Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Nijkamp, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2008.07.006

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“…Furthermore, there is also the group of studies concentrating on measuring the competitiveness of tourism destinations (Cracolici & Nijkamp, 2009;Cores, 2011; research based on the development of models and general theories as to destination competitiveness (Porter, 1990;Crouch & Ritchie, 1999;Malakauskaite & Navickas, 2010;Estevão & Ferreira, 2014, Estevão & Ferreira, 2015.…”

Section: Tourism Competitivenessmentioning

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Tourism sector competitiveness in Portugal: applying Porter's Diamond

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2018

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The tourism sector has stood out for its enormous capacity for growth on a global scale and holding a relevant role both as a tool for the competitiveness and as a driver of regional development. This profile stems not only from its multiplier effects but also the opportunities susceptible to identification within the scope of offsetting regional disparities in growth and prosperity. The objective of this research consists of evaluating the competitiveness of the regional areas and directorates of tourism in Portugal. We have used primary data (a sample of 446 companies), through a questionnaire aimed at companies displaying the activities characteristic of the World Tourism Organisation satellite account. Through the application of Porter's Diamond Model, we attained at a conceptual model through recourse to the Partial Least Square -Path Modelling technique with the objective of analysing the relationships unfolding among the determinant variables to competitiveness in the tourism sector. Despite the results returned proving clear, we also verify that encapsulating competitiveness proves no easy task given how Portugal reports regions with simultaneously very varied and very specific characteristics.Keywords: Tourism, competitiveness, Porter's diamond, regional tourism area, Portugal. ResumoO sector do turismo destaca-se pela enorme capacidade de crescimento a nível mundial, desempenhando um papel relevante tanto como ferramenta para a competitividade como enquanto motor do desenvolvimento regional. Este perfil decorre não apenas dos seus efeitos multiplicadores, mas também das oportunidades suscetíveis de identificação no âmbito da compensação das disparidades regionais no crescimento e prosperidade. O objetivo desta investigação consiste em avaliar a competitividade das áreas regionais e direções do turismo em Portugal. Utilizamos dados primários (uma amostra de 446 empresas), através de um questionário destinado a empresas que exibem as atividades características da conta satélite da Organização Mundial de Turismo. Através da aplicação do Modelo de Diamante de Porter, alcançamos um modelo conceitual através do recurso à técnica de Partial Least Square -Path Modelling com o objetivo de analisar as relações que se desdobram entre as variáveis determinantes para a competitividade no setor de turismo. Apesar de os resultados retornados serem claros, verificamos também que o encapsulamento da competitividade não se revela uma tarefa fácil, dado o fato de Portugal englobar regiões com características simultaneamente muito variadas e muito específicas.Palavras-chave: Turismo, competitividade, diamante de Porter, área regional de turismo, Portugal.

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Section: Tourism Competitivenessmentioning

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Tourism sector competitiveness in Portugal: applying Porter's Diamond

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2018

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“…Leiper (1995) defined destination as a place towards which people travel and where they choose to stay for a while in order to experience certain features or characteristics -some sort of perceived attraction. According to Cracolici and Nijkamp (2008), a tourist destination is not viewed anymore just as a set of various environmental or cultural resources where people go to spend holiday. It is viewed by many tourists as an overall appealing product, a complex and integrated portfolio of services which are offered in a certain destination, providing an experience which satisfies their needs.…”

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“…A destination is said to be competitive if it can attract and satisfy needs of tourists and this competitiveness is determined by various factors which influence tourism service providers as well as particular tourism factors (Enright and Newton, 2004). Success of a destination is influenced by its relative tourist competitiveness in terms of attractiveness characteristics which create strengths of a specific destination (Cracolici and Nijkamp, 2008). To become successful in tourism market, the level of destination attractiveness must be the same or superior to that of an alternative destination (Krešic and Prebežac, 2011).…”

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The Attractiveness of Portugal as a Tourist Destination: The Perspective of Czech Tour Operators

Tomigová

Mendes

Pereira³

2015

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

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“…In our work we aim at identifying clusters of vertices forming tourism systems. To this goal, we have to introduce the concept of attractiveness: The attractiveness of a geographical entity can be defined as its capacity to contribute to the tourist well-being (see for instance [25,26,27]). …”

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“…Following [26], we translate this concept into a measure for the aggregate attractiveness as perceived by tourists. A geographical area can offer a number of features such as hotels, outdoor accommodations and bed and breakfast, restaurants, night clubs, travel agencies, tourist guides, cultural life, transportation infrastructure etc.…”

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Clustering Local Tourism Systems by Threshold Acceptance

Andria¹,

Tollo

2015

Applications of Evolutionary Computation

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Abstract. Despite the importance of tourism as a leading industry in the development of a country's economy, there is a lack of criteria and methodologies for the detection, promotion and governance of local tourism systems. We propose a quantitative approach for the detection of local tourism systems that are optimal with respect to geographical, economic, and demographical criteria. To this end, we formulate the issue as an optimization problem, and we solve it by means of Threshold Acceptance, a meta-heuristic algorithm which does not require us to predefine the number of clusters and also does not require all geographic areas to belong to a cluster.

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The attractiveness and competitiveness of tourist destinations: A study of Southern Italian regions

Cited by 382 publications

References 30 publications

Tourism sector competitiveness in Portugal: applying Porter's Diamond

Tourism sector competitiveness in Portugal: applying Porter's Diamond

The Attractiveness of Portugal as a Tourist Destination: The Perspective of Czech Tour Operators

Clustering Local Tourism Systems by Threshold Acceptance

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