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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814889803321

Titolo

Tourist clusters, destinations and competitiveness : theoretical issues and empirical evidences / / edited by Francesco Capone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-70953-8

1-317-48623-4

1-317-48622-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

CaponeFrancesco

Disciplina

338.4/791

338.4791

Soggetti

Tourism - Marketing

Tourism - Management

Place marketing

Hospitality industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Tourist destinations, clusters and competitiveness: an introduction; PART I Tourist destinations, destination management, clusters and competitiveness; 1 A bibliometric analysis on tourist destinations research: focus on destination management and tourist cluster; 2 Destination management and competitiveness: literature review and a destination competitiveness analysis; 3 The impact of related variety on tourist destinations: an analysis of tourist firms clustering

4 Defining tourist clusters in Europe: a micro-level data approachPART II Tourist clusters and performance, creative and experience economy; 5 Do tourist clusters boost hotels' performance?: resilience in a crisis period in Italy; 6 How does concentration affect hotels' performance?: an empirical study of USA panel data; 7 Tourism, creativity and entrepreneurship: new firm formation in Tuscany; 8 The experience-related economy in the UK; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Tourism has become one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world economy. Increasingly, research on tourism destinations has been at the centre of debates concerning destination competitiveness, governance, policies and destination management and marketing. This book investigates tourist destinations from two key perspectives and will appeal to academics, scholars and practitioners in tourism studies, management, urban and regional studies and economic geography, etc.