Measurement Development for Tourism Destination Business Environment and Competitive Advantages

Sustainability

Heesup Han¹  Xiaoting Chi¹  Hoon-Ku Sul² 

[1] College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea;Department of Tourism Management, Pukyong National University, Busan 46718, Korea;

关键词: tourism destination;    destination business environment;    destination competitive advantage;    measurement development;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12208587

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study attempts to develop a measurement model of competitiveness utilized in the tourism sector, which appears to be fundamentally different in nature from traditional goods and services. Tourism destination competitiveness reflecting the generic characteristics should be considered diversified to notice the distinctive perspective between the business environment and competitive advantages. Criticism of some prior conventional literature stems from the lack of a rigorous process to find the structure and attributes of the measurement items for a destination’s business environment and competitive advantages. The available theoretical framework and measures containing the destination business environment and competitive advantages warrant further investigation. The vital dimensions of the destination business environment (i.e., dynamism, hostility, turbulence, investment, information technology, and governance) and destination competitive advantages (i.e., defensiveness, local acceptance, accessibility, reasonability, uniqueness, supportiveness, and image sustainability) were successfully identified through quantitative and empirical analysis, which could provide a significant basis for managerial and policy decisions in the tourism industry.

【 授权许可】

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