The competitive destination : a sustainable tourism perspective /

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...

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Main Authors: Ritchie, J. R. Brent, (Author), Crouch, Geoffrey I. 1954- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
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245 1 4 |a The competitive destination :  |b a sustainable tourism perspective /  |c J.R. Brent Ritchie, World Tourism Education and Research Centre, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Geoffrey I. Crouch, School of Business, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a The Evolving Nature of Competition and Sustainability -- Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives -- A Model of Destination Competitiveness -- The Macroenvironment : Global Forces Shaping World Tourism -- The Competitive (Micro)environment : the Destination and the Tourism System -- Core Resources and Attractors : the Essence of Destination Appeal -- Supporting Factors and Resources : Elements that Enhance Destination Appeal -- Destination Policy, Planning and Development -- Destination Management : the Key to Maintaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage -- Qualifying and Amplifying Determinants : Parameters that Define Destination Potential -- The Destination Audit : Putting the Model to Work. 
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520 3 # |a 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. 
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650 # 0 |a Ecotourism. 
650 # 4 |a Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000) 
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650 # 7 |a Terms of trade.  |2 cabt 
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