Assessing Destination Competitiveness: An Application to the Hot Springs Tourism Sector [PDF]
, 2006 This paper proposes a model to identify the factors determining the competitiveness of the hot springs tourism sector, with particular application to Taiwan.
King, Brian, Lee, Cheng-Fei
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Determinants of tourism destination competitiveness in the countries most visited by international tourists: Proposal of a synthetic index [PDF]
, 2019 Tourism destination competitiveness is a multidimensional concept that is widely studied in the academic literature, but multiple factors make its measurement a difficult task.
Azevedo, Paula Serdeira +3 more
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Effect of simplicity and attractiveness on route selection for different journey types [PDF]
, 2014 This study investigated the effects of six attributes, associated with simplicity or attractiveness, on route preference for three pedestrian journey types (everyday, leisure and tourist).
A. Head +20 more
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The Importance and Performance of a Destination?s Attributes on Senior Tourists? Satisfaction
International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to study the senior travellers’ perception on the importance and performance of Penang’s tourism attributes. To do so, the effect of the importance and performance of such attributes on senior tourists’ overall satisfaction was also investigated.
Gelareh Abooali +2 more
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Visitors to the city of Évora: Who are they? [PDF]
, 2013 Nowadays, driven by multiple factors, tourist demand presents patterned behaviour which is subdivided into several typologies according to destination, product consumed and visitor profile features. In the case of cultural tourism, a good example is that
Borges, Maria do Rosário +2 more
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Key quality attributes according to the tourist product
European Journal of Tourism Research, 2012 Tourism industry is facing fundamental changes in the profile of tourists and increased competition,due to the emergence of new tourist destinations. One of the main strategies to improve thecompetitive position is to increase the quality of the destination’s resources according to the tourists’expectations.
Juan Blázquez +2 more
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Destination image, satisfaction and destination and loyalty in cruise tourism: the case of Málaga (Spain) [PDF]
, 2016 Over the past decades cruise tourism is a sector that has experienced a tremendous growth around the globe. The relations that are established between the different agents that interact in this industry, passengers, crew and residents are crucial for ...
Bermudez-Gonzalez, Guillermo Jose +2 more
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The determinants of length of stay in the Azores : a count model approach [PDF]
, 2010 This paper employs count data models to estimate the determinants of length of stay, as count data models naturally lend themselves to overcome the censoring and truncation data issues associated with the non-negative, integer nature of length of stay ...
Menezes, António Gomes de +2 more
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Positioning the Destination Product-Can Regional Tourist Boards Learn from Private Sector Practice? [PDF]
, 1998 This article examines the role of positioning in the marketing of a tourism destination. The study focuses on the current positioning strategies pursued by the Regional Tourist Boards (RTBs) in England.
Connell J. +9 more
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Shopping Mall Attributes: Tourist Satisfaction and Loyalty
Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2019 Abstract Tourism shopping has become an important motive for traveling. Yet, research on tourists’ satisfaction and loyalty towards shopping malls is still in the nascent stage. Given that, the objective of this study is to examine and justify the factors that influence tourists’ satisfaction during their shopping experiences.
Shaheen MANSORI, Jing Huey CHIN
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