Ritchie, J. R. Brent, author
The competitive destination : a sustainable tourism perspective / J.R. Brent Ritchie, World Tourism Education and Research Centre, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Geoffrey I. Crouch, School of Business, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. -- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003. -- ?003. -- 1 online resource (xvii, 272 pages) : illustrations, charts. -- Contents: The Evolving Nature of Competition and Sustainability -- Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives -- A Model of Destination Competitiveness -- The Macroenvironment : Global Forces Shaping World Tourism -- The Competitive (Micro)environment : the Destination and the Tourism System -- Core Resources and Attractors : the Essence of Destination Appeal -- Supporting Factors and Resources : Elements that Enhance Destination Appeal -- Destination Policy, Planning and Development -- Destination Management : the Key to Maintaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage -- Qualifying and Amplifying Determinants : Parameters that Define Destination Potential -- The Destination Audit : Putting the Model to Work. -- Abstract: 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. -- ISBN : 0851996647.
Crouch, Geoffrey I. (Geoffrey Ian), 1954- author. C.A.B. International,
Ecotourism. Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000). Policy and Planning.. Marketing and Distribution.. Tourism and Travel. Destinations.. Macroeconomics.. Market competition.. Microeconomics.. Sustainability.. Terms of trade.. Tourism development.. Tourism policy.. Tourist attractions. Electronic books