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Ranking world tourist destinations with a composite indicator of competitiveness: To weigh or not to weigh?
2019
Abstract This paper contributes a weighted composite indicator of competitiveness for 136 world tourist destinations. To that end, Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria-Decision-Making techniques are used with raw indicators from the 2017 edition of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF). An outstanding feature of our approach is that weights are endogenously generated. Furthermore, the role played by several variables in tourism competitiveness is assessed using truncated regression and bootstrapping. The ranking of world tourist destinations produced by our weighted composite indicator of competitiveness is, however, fairly similar to that der…
Advances in tourism marketing research: introduction to a special issue on consumer behavior in tourism destinations
2009
PurposeThe purpose of this editorial is to introduce the reader to six articles related to consumer behavior in tourism destinations.Design/methodology/approachThe paper introduces the papers in this special issue.FindingsTourists are part of the tourism production process. They engage with supply networks and interact with destinations.Originality/valueThe paper provides an introduction to six contributions that are particularly relevant for understanding and managing the content of the interaction between the network nodes, in particular business‐to‐consumer relationships.
Exploring User Behavior in Destination Websites: An Application of Web Mining Techniques
2021
The development of the Internet has so strongly affected the way a tourist destination can be promoted that portals now play an important role in defining the marketing strategies of tourist destinations. Hence, investigating website surfing behavior has become crucial to understanding the needs of potential tourists. Using Web Mining techniques, our study explores the information-seeking behavior of those who log on to a website promoting the island of Sicily, a well known tourist destination in the South of Italy. The study explores whether a tourist’s country of origin affects their information needs and surfing behavior. Actually, our results do show differences in behavior between user…
LAS MUJERES COMO AGENTES PARA LA COHESIÓN TERRITORIAL DE LOS DESTINOS TURÍSTICOS RURALES
2020
Resumen. Las mujeres rurales, presentes, pero invisibles en los procesos emergentes del medio rural, se revelan como colectivo impulsor para la reconstrucción de los territorios rurales. Este segmento de la población promueve procesos creativos que dinamizan el mundo rural e instrumenta estrategias de diversificación necesarias para sostener la vida y el territorio. Estas estrategias dan lugar a la diversificación de las funciones productivas del territorio y posibilitan la creación de destinos turísticos rurales sostenibles y de enfoque territorial. No obstante, no se muestran modificaciones significativas en la división del trabajo por género. A través de un análisis cualitativo, realizad…
Competitiveness and Sustainability in tourist firms and destinations
2020
Tourism is a major activity in the global economy, not only in terms of its economic impact but also its social and environmental implications. The management practices and processes adopted by tourist companies and destinations are very heterogeneous and have variable impacts on the triple-bottom-line sustainability (people, profit, planet) of the ecosystem. However, there is still only limited available knowledge about the value of different practices for promoting both sustainable development and greater competitiveness. This Special Issue includes papers that present new ideas, theories, advancements, experiences, evidence or methodologies that support the convergence of economic, socia…