This paper aims to provide the most up-to-date survey of tourism economics research and to
summarise the key trends in its recent development. Particular attention is paid to the …

Purpose This study aims to provide current and organised insights into past published
studies on tourism destination competitiveness (TDC) in the past decade through systematic …

Today the industry of meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions, commonly known
under the name of MICE, contributes to economic diversification and actively stimulates the …

Tourism destination competitiveness is a multidimensional concept that is widely studied in
the academic literature, but multiple factors make its measurement a difficult task. In this …

In the recent years, the rapid growth of the tourism industry has risen to prominence as a
global concern. Tourism empowers communities and uplifts the economy. However, it poses …

This paper extends the Ritchie, Crouch (2000) model on destination competitiveness by
introducing a set of sustainability indicators and testing their role in explaining the …

Abstract Small Island Develo** States (SIDS) are faced with many challenges to economic
development. Tourism is seen as a viable, and sometimes, only means of economic growth …

Despite strong evidence from the social ecological model suggesting the influences of the
residential built environment on individuals' behaviors, the effects of travelers' residential …

Having recognized the importance of tourism to economic growth, most international
organizations have begun to argue that tourism growth can influence, as well, the economic …

This study is a methodological evaluation of studies on importance and performance
measurement, and importance–performance analysis (IPA) which has gained widespread …