[HTML][HTML] Identifying a destination's optimal tourist market mix: Does a superior portfolio model exist?

M Mariani, E Platanakis, D Stafylas, C Sutcliffe - Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Extant tourism research has used various portfolio model types to determine optimal tourist
market mixes which simultaneously maximize total tourist expenditure and minimise the …

Evaluating tourist destination performance: Expanding the sustainability concept

W Luo - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Performance evaluations are a critical tool in promoting the sustainability of tourist
destinations. The literature shows a lack of consensus on basic terminology and definitions …

Optimal employment decisions in the hospitality sector under uncertain productivity loss due to catastrophe: A mean-variance utility approach

S Mukherjee, SS Padhi, J Jayaram - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2024 - Elsevier
How do exogenous disruptions such as natural disasters affect employment and labour
productivity in the hospitality sector? This article addresses this crucial issue by proposing a …

Profit Luenberger and Malmquist-Luenberger indexes for multi-activity decision-making units: The case of the star-rated hotel industry in China

B Walheer, L Zhang - Tourism Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to the vigorous economic development of the tourism industry in China, the number of
star-rated hotels has rapidly increased. As a result, techniques to evaluate the performances …

Is hotel efficiency necessary for tourism destination competitiveness? An integrated approach

LF Mendieta-Peñalver, JF Perles-Ribes… - Tourism …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the relationship between tourism destination competitiveness and
the competitiveness of international hotel firms using an integrated approach based on …

A destination performance measurement framework: exploring the relationships among performance criteria and revisit intentions

AM Morrison, JH Cheah, R Kumar - Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Measuring the success of tourism destinations is vital to policymakers, destination
managers, researchers, and businesses. However, the processes and metrics vary …

Police culture, tourists and destinations: A study of Uttarakhand, India

A Tyagi, RL Dhar, J Sharma - Tourism Management, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study examines the quality of service provided by police officials at tourist sites
in the Uttarakhand region, India and its impact on the level of tourists' confidence in the …

Balancing economic benefits and environmental costs: Introducing carbon footprint indicators in tourist market targeting

I Gallego, X Font, A Torres-Delgado - Tourism Management, 2025 - Elsevier
We argue that governments' decisions to target certain tourist markets must consider both
benefits and costs. We design a composite indicator methodology to assess economic …

Risk hedging for gas power generation considering power-to-gas energy storage in three different electricity markets

S Lai, J Qiu, Y Tao, J Zhao - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing penetration of intermittent renewable energy has introduced great risks to
energy systems and markets. As a result, extensive research on energy storage systems …

Research on the spatial differentiation and driving factors of tourism enterprises' efficiency: Chinese scenic spots, travel agencies, and hotels

B **a, S Dong, D Ba, Y Li, F Li, H Liu, Z Li, M Zhao - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tourism is an important sustainable industry in the economy that optimizes the industrial
structure. Thus, as a core part of this market, tourism enterprises perform a key role in the …