Competitiveness in the Tourism Sector - A Comprehensive Approach from Economic and Management Points

International tourism is expected to be a major vehicle of economic development in industrializing countries in the 21^st century, especially for Asia. To generate long-term growth, countries with tourism-based economies must develop strategies for employing their comparative advantages to achieve competitive advantages. However, competitiveness in the tourist industry is multi-dimensional and complex. This study evaluates the competitiveness of the Taiwanese tourism sector by a multi-dimensional framework. The theoretical model proposes that the competitiveness of tourist destinations should be composed of Ricardian comparative advantages (like the conditions of natural endowments and the degree of technological change); Porterian competitive advantages; tourism management, i.e., providing high quality education and job training, public goods, support services and reduced transaction costs to enhance comparative and competitive advantages; and environmental conditions.

List of contents

Literature Reviews.- Research Methods.- Weight of Indicators and Decision Analyses.- Conclusions and Future Works.

Product details

• Authors: Samuelson Wei-Chiang Hong
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2011
• EAN: 9783790820416
• ISBN: 978-3-7908-2041-6
• No. of pages: 133
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 237 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 377 g
• Illustrations: X, 133 p.
• Series: Contributions to Economics; Contributions to Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; C, Economics and Finance, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional/Spatial Science, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Management science, Spatial economics, Development Economics