The competitive destination : a sustainable tourism perspective
J R Brent Ritchie, Geoffrey I Crouch
This book is primarily intended to provide destination managers with an overall understanding of the complex and multifaceted factors that affect destination competitiveness. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 reviews the literature on competition and sustainable tourism. Chapter 3 is the key chapter in the book, presenting and describing a basic model of destination competitiveness. The succeeding chapters discuss the key components of this framework, namely: the global macroenvironment (chapter 4); the competitive micro environment (chapter 5); core resources and attractors (chapter 6); supporting factors and resources (chapter 7); destination policy, planning and development (chapter 8); destination management (chapter 9); and qualifying and amplifying determinants (chapter 10). Chapter 11 intends to assist managers in translating the concepts and theory of the framework into practice. The book has a subject index. Read more... Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 The Evolving Nature of Competition and Sustainability; 2 Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives; 3 A Model of Destination Competitiveness; 4 The Macroenvironment: Global Forces Shaping World Tourism Competitive (micro)environment Global (macro)environment Global (macro)environment; 5 The Competitive (Micro)environment: the Destination and the Tourism System Competitive (micro)environment Global (macro)environment; 6 Core Resources and Attractors: the Essence of Destination Appeal Competitive (micro)environment Global (macro)environment
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Godina:
2003
Izdavač:
CABI Pub
Jezik:
english
Strane:
290
ISBN 10:
085199847X
ISBN 13:
9780851998473
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PDF, 7.36 MB
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english, 2003