Tourism Destination Competitiveness: From Definition to Explanation?

By Josef A. Mazanec, Karl W. Wöber, Andreas H. Zins. 2007

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Transportation

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The impact of sustainable tourism indicators on destination competitiveness: the European Tourism Indicator System (2021, result): “Our results confirm that the completeness and comparability of tourism data is still poor, at European and world levels (Mazanec et al., 2007), for monitoring both destination competitiveness (Crouch, 2011) and sustainable tourism indicators (Buckley, 2012).”
Destination competitiveness: what we know, what we know but shouldn't and what we don't know but should (2016, background): “In fact this notion of competitiveness as an antecedent to the economic welfare of the Current Issues in Tourism 493 population is considered to be one of the few areas where consensus has been reached amongst researchers (Mazanec et al., 2007).”
Progress in information technology and tourism management: 20 years on and 10 years after the Internet - the state of eTourism research. (2008, background): “Recently, Mazanec, Wöber, and Zins (2007) argued that it is necessary to develop an Internet website when the competitiveness of a tourism destination is evaluated.”
Tourism Destination Competitiveness: Second Thoughts on the World Economic Forum Reports (2011, background): “The TTCI, like a similar endeavour undertaken by the World Travel and Tourism Council, is expected to explain and predict the performance-related consequences of tourism activity (Mazanec et al, 2007).”
Conceptualization of Smart Tourism Destination Competitiveness (2016, neutral): “…some researchers elaborated on the original conceptual model of destination competitiveness (Crouch and Ritchie, 2005; Dwyer and Kim, 2003; Mazanec et al., 2007) and other researchers verified the model empirically (Crouch, 2010; d'Hauteserre, 2000; Enright and Newton, 2004, 2005;…”
Determinants of tourism destination competitiveness in the countries most visited by international tourists: Proposal of a synthetic index (2020, background): “This concept has been widely studied in the scholarly literature, although a widely accepted definition has not been reached (Mazanec et al. 2007).”
TOURISM AND HOTEL COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH (2009, methodology): “Extending from the definitional framework of the destination CM, Mazanec, Wober, and Zins (2007) proposed and empirically tested an explanatory model of destination competitiveness.”
Measuring and Explaining Competitiveness in the Context of Small Island Destinations (2011, background): “…as a crucial factor for the success of tourist destinations (Kozak and Rimmington 1999; Crouch and Ritchie 1999; Mihalic 2000; Buhalis 2000; Dwyer and Kim 2003; Gooroochurn and Sugiyarto 2005; Enright and Newton 2004; Mangion, Durbarry, and Sinclair 2005; Mazanec, Wober, and Zins 2007; Chen 2008).”