Towards a model to enhance destination competitiveness : a Southern African perspective

By E. Heath. 2003

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Destination competitiveness: what we know, what we know but shouldn't and what we don't know but should (2016, background): “…to the fundamental elements to sustain competitiveness, the cement binds the different components of competitiveness, the building blocks are essential to make tourism ‘happen’ in a destination and the roof relates to the ‘people’ factor of destination competitiveness (Heath, 2003, p. 130).”
TOURISM AND HOTEL COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH (2009, methodology): “In particular, competitive plans for clusters must be made and integrated on higher levels of region, destination, or country in order to create/enhance the well-being of the residents (Heath, 2003; Bahar & Kozak, 2007).”
Determinants of tourism destination competitiveness in the countries most visited by international tourists: Proposal of a synthetic index (2020, methodology): “The model developed by Heath (2003) has a house-like structure composed of four essential elements: The “Foundations”, or key factors of competitiveness, include culture, history, climate, business environment, security and health, transportation and communication infrastructure, location and added…”
Classification of the destination attributes in the content of competitiveness (by revised importance-performance analysis) (2012, background): “Since the widely acknowledged model of national competitiveness developed by Porter (1990), the number of studies discussing the important determinants or resources of competitiveness in the tourism sector have increased considerably (Croes, 2011; Crouch and Ritchie, 1999; Dwyer and Kim, 2003; Enrig”
Destination Competitiveness: An Analysis of Determinant Attributes (2011, background): “During the past couple of decades, a body of research has grown that has sought to develop a theoretical and conceptual basis for approaching this problem (Dwyer et al. 2004; Heath 2002).”