Tourism destination competitiveness models

Tourism Knowledge Destination

Although information and communication technologies (ICT) were an important issue for Travel & Tourism (T&T) since the 1960s (i.e. computer reservations systems, global distribution systems; Werthner & Klein, 1999), the difference today is that ICT has become a strategic issue for every business (Buhalis, 2006). The special benefit tourism gains from ICT can be put down to the characteristics o...

Application of Delphi-AHP-DEA-FCE Model in Competitiveness Evaluation of Sports Tourism Destination

This paper established a comprehensive model of Delphi-AHP-DEA-FCE to evaluate competitiveness of sports tourism destinations. Research shows that, this model effectively constructed an indicator system for the competitiveness of sports tourism destination, and weights for all indicators were obtained by analysis. Second, the comprehensive model translated fuzzy evaluation into numerical values...

Benchmarking Wine Tourism Destination Websites

This paper aimed first to benchmark wine tourism websites in Spain and Australia, using the eMICA model, evaluating the extent of their Internet commerce adoption and second to test the robustness of the approach. The model served as a valuable tool to benchmark wine tourism websites in Spain and Australia in terms of the highest stage and level reached, both in a short time series and in a cro...

Tourism product and destination positioning

A modern tourist product, which is adjusted to the needs of new tourists no longer includes a tourist partnership role, but individualisation and personalisation of the experience itself. Should such a base be accepted, it is to be concluded that traditional positioning of destination tourist offers on both macro and micro levels is no longer sufficient, i.e. positioning based on comparative ad...

Tourism Education and Training Models Getting to the Core of Destination Planning and Managemet