The competitive destination : a sustainable tourism perspective /

• Main Authors: Ritchie, J. R. Brent, (Author), Crouch, Geoffrey I. 1954- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Ecotourism.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Marketing and Distribution.; Tourism and Travel.; Destinations.; Macroeconomics.; Market competition.; Microeconomics.; Sustainability.; Terms of trade.; Tourism development.; Tourism policy.; Tourist attractions.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 272 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book is primarily intended to provide destination managers with an overall understanding of the complex and multifaceted factors that affect destination competitiveness. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 reviews the literature on competition and sustainable tourism. Chapter 3 is the key chapter in the book, presenting and describing a basic model of destination competitiveness. The succeeding chapters discuss the key components of this framework, namely: the global macroenvironment (chapter 4); the competitive micro environment (chapter 5); core resources and attractors (chapter 6); supporting factors and resources (chapter 7); destination policy, planning and development (chapter 8); destination management (chapter 9); and qualifying and amplifying determinants (chapter 10). Chapter 11 intends to assist managers in translating the concepts and theory of the framework into practice. The book has a subject index.