TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ritchie,J.R.Brent
AU  - Crouch,Geoffrey I.
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - The competitive destination: a sustainable tourism perspective 
AV  - G156.5.E26 R57 2003eb
U1  - 338.4/791 23
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Ecotourism
KW  - Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
KW  - Policy and Planning
KW  - Marketing and Distribution
KW  - Tourism and Travel
KW  - Destinations
KW  - cabt
KW  - Macroeconomics
KW  - Market competition
KW  - Microeconomics
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Terms of trade
KW  - Tourism development
KW  - Tourism policy
KW  - Tourist attractions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851996646.0000
ER  -