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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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.