The Complexity of Tourist Destination Competitiveness Concept through main Competitiveness Models [ READ ]
Sonila Berdo
The aim of this paper is to bring into consideration the complex nature of the tourist destination competitiveness concept; the evaluation and measurement challenges that this concept does represent theoretically and practically, through the dynamic development path and comparative analysis of four basic competitiveness models, respectively: Life cycle tourist area model; Porter’s diamond model; Crouch & Ritchie model and the Integrated model of Dwayer & Kim, by highlighting for each model, the advantages and disadvantages of them, as in theoretical and application aspects.
Sonila Berdo
The aim of this paper is to bring into consideration the complex nature of the tourist destination competitiveness concept; the evaluation and measurement challenges that this concept does represent theoretically and practically, through the dynamic development path and comparative analysis of four basic competitiveness models, respectively: Life cycle tourist area model; Porter’s diamond model; Crouch & Ritchie model and the Integrated model of Dwayer & Kim, by highlighting for each model, the advantages and disadvantages of them, as in theoretical and application aspects.
