KONKURENCIESCHOPNOSŤ EURÓPSKYCH DESTINÁCIÍ CESTOVNÉHO RUCHU: HODNOTENIE KOMPLEXNÉHO INDEXU KONKURENCIESCHOPNOSTI

• Authors: Bucher Slavomír

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Tourism competitiveness in European destinations: Measuring of the tourism competitiveness index

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Tourism is now the largest contributor to World’s national product. The economic impact of tourism is increasing steadily at local, national, and global levels. The goal of the paper considers the evaluation of 14 factors that affect destination competitiveness and tries to compare the competitiveness levels of European destinations. In this context, for evaluating the competitive indices of the mentioned countries must be determined weaknesses and necessary recommendations for the improvement of competitiveness measures should be taken. Secondary data, the reports published by the World Economic Forum and other international institutions will be used. Cluster analysis and standardized variables were conducted for the analysis of findings. The results of the study are intended to provide valuable information about the factors which affect the competitiveness of European countries mostly.

Keywords

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TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS; EUROPE; TOURIST DESTINATIONS; COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 634 – 655

Contributors

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Bucher Slavomír

• Prešovská Univerzita v Prešove, Fakulta humanitných a prírodných vied, Katedra geografie a aplikovanej geoinformatiky, Ul. 17 novembra č. 1, 081 16 Prešov, Slovak Republic