Index of destination attractiveness as a tool for destination attractiveness assessment

By Damir Krešić, Darko Prebezac. 2011

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Tourism attractions are widely recognized as the major determinants of the destination competitiveness. Global tourism market is becoming fi ercely competitive environment and tourism destinations are under extreme pressure to rejuvenate and to enhance their attractiveness in order to remain competitive. Th is paper has two main goals. First goal of the paper is to advance existing body of knowledge from the fi eld of destination attractiveness. Second goal is to construct and empirically test methodology for the destination attractiveness assessment. Th is is achieved through the calculation of index of destination attractiveness (IDA), which is a managerial tool that could be used for quantitative description of destination attractiveness level. Th is paper presents an example of IDA values calculation for six Croatian seaside counties and for Dubrovnik-Neretva County, located in the southern part of Croatia.

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• Revisit intention and satisfaction: The role of destination image, perceived risk, and cultural contact (2020, background): “This mental image is normally based on the physical attractiveness of the destination (Krešić & Prebežac, 2011) which can attract visitors (Cong, 2016).”