Competitiveness Of Tourism Industry Research Articles

Evaluation of Provincial Tourism Competitiveness in the Yellow River Basin Based on Clustering Algorithm

Tourism is an important part of China’s national economy. Promoting the development of regional tourism and improving the level of tourism competitiveness can promote the development of regional economy, society, and people's livelihood. Therefore, in the context of the HQDEV of the YRB, it is of great significance to study the evaluation and promotion strategies of tourism competitiveness along the Yellow River for promoting their HQDEV in terms of ecology, economy, and tourism. Taking the provinces as the research area, this article has constructed an evaluation index system of tourism competitiveness in the provinces and used the entropy weigh, the Topsis, and the natural breakpoint classification method. The economic and tourism industry subsystems and the overall tourism competitiveness level are comprehensively evaluated and analyzed, and on this basis, the promotion strategy of tourism competitiveness of the nine provinces along the Yellow River is proposed. According to the weight of the evaluation index system, the index weight of the ecological environment competitiveness subsystem is 0.3891, of which the index weight of the ecological protection level is 0.3057, and the environmental quality level is 0.0834. The index weight of the subsystem is 0.2691, of which the index weight of the economic innovation level is 0.1695, and the social and people's livelihood level is 0.0996. For the tourism competitiveness, the index weight of the ecological environment competitiveness subsystem is 0.3891, the index weight of the socioeconomic competitiveness subsystem is 0.2691, and the index weight of the tourism industry competitiveness subsystem is 0.3418. The results show that the level of tourism competitiveness along the nine provinces maintains a relatively stable form, but the overall level is not high and the intraregional differences are small.

An Assessment of Competitiveness of Medical Tourism Industry in India: A Case of Delhi NCR

India has emerged as a prominent medical tourism hub, yet the dynamic forces in the regional and global landscape are creating a complex balance of opportunities and risks for the Indian stakeholders. The outbreak of Corona virus pandemic in 2019 has further complicated the market dynamics for the medical tourism industry. This study aims to analyse the key driving factors for the medical tourism industry in India and the issues that Indian stakeholders should address in crafting a winning strategy. A qualitative research design was adopted, and data were collected through semi structured in-depth interviews with practitioners and senior representatives of the hospital management. The study adopted abduction logic and analysed data by means of constant comparison method. The study presents the assessment of the medical tourism industry in India and the scope of opportunity for Indian players.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42943-022-00060-0.

Comparative study on the competitiveness of Tourism industry between China and Ukraine

Based on the above overview of the development of tourism industry in China and Ukraine, we have a certain understanding of the status quo of import and export trade of tourism industry in China and Ukraine. In this part emphatically from the two countries China and Ukraine tourism industry international competitiveness the size of the specific index to analyze the difference between the two countries tourism industry international competitiveness, so that we can better analyze the gap between China and Ukraine tourism industry international competitiveness, in order to promote their respective tourism industry international competitiveness.

The Competitiveness of Tourism Industry of Pakistan and India in the World Market: A Comparative Analysis

The current study aims at measuring the competitiveness and comparative advantage of the tourism industry which is one of the most profitable non-technology-based economic sectors of Pakistan and India. This study applied several indices of revealed comparative advantage to examine competitiveness in travel and tourism industry experts and the data have been taken from International Trade Center (ITC) during 2005-2020. The results of RCA, RSCA, LnRCA and RCA# highlight that both Pakistan and India had a comparative disadvantage from 2005-2020. Travel and tourism imports from India and Pakistan had a comparative advantage, according to RMA index data, during the analysis. From 2005 to 2020, India and Pakistan had a net competitive disadvantage in this sector, according to the Relative Trade Advantage index. Moreover, the results of TBI portray that both countries were net-importer in the travel and tourism industry. The results of this study suggest that these countries should improve tourism businesses by investing more in tourism and increasing promotional activities.

COVID-19 pandemic combating measures and competitiveness in tourism industry: moderating role of strategic dexterity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of measures to combat Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on competitiveness in tourism in Nigeria taking strategic dexterity as the moderating variable. Design/methodology/approach Survey research design approach was used for the study. A total of 235 valid questionnaires gathered from the personnel of ten urban tourist centres in Nigeria were used to examine the goodness of model fit, measurement model and structural correlations between constructs. Partial least squares structural equation modelling approach (PLS-SEM) using Advanced Analysis for Composite (ADANCO 2.2.1) was used to evaluate the hypotheses. Findings This study finds that travel restriction, boarder closure and strategic dexterity were significant to competitiveness, among which border closures has generated the highest path coefficient. Moreover, the study finds a significant moderating role of strategic dexterity between travel restrictions, border closure and competitiveness. Future studies can reproduce the study by incorporating mediating variables covering the all-tourist centers in Nigeria. Research limitations/implications This study might be valuable for tourism-related stakeholders, researchers and policy makers as the result finds indicate strong effect of travel restrictions, border closure on competitiveness of urban tourism. Equally, the study provides new insight as the findings shows a significant moderating role of strategic dexterity between travel restrictions, border closure and competitiveness. Practical implications This study might be valuable for tourism-related stakeholders, researchers and policy makers as the result finds indicate strong effect of travel restrictions, border closure on competitiveness of urban tourism. The study provides new insight as the findings shows a significant moderating role of strategic dexterity between travel restrictions, border closure and competitiveness. Originality/value This study is among the few that analyses the effect of measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic on competitiveness in the urban tourism: strategic dexterity as the moderating variables. This study also contributes methodologically through the introduction of PLS-SEM approach.

Assessing the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism economies in China's Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area.

As the competition of tourism industry becomes increasingly white-hot, the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism economies inside a zone gradually gets people’s attentions. Based on data of 16 cities from 2010 to 2019, this paper aims to investigate the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism economies in the Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area, by constructing a niche evaluation index and four niche models (niche ecostate-ecorole model, niche expansion model, niche breadth model, and niche overlap degree model). The results show that (1) during the sample period, the niche values of tourism competitiveness in most cities of the Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area have shown a sustained increasing trend, indicating that the status of these cities in resources, market, environment, social economy, and other dimensions is rising steadily, and their competitive advantages are gradually increasing; (2) the niche values of tourism competitiveness in the core cities of Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area (Chengdu and Chongqing) remain stable, while the niche values of tourism competitiveness in the remaining cities vary greatly; the comprehensive niche values of tourism industry competitiveness of the cities in the central area are significantly lower than those of the cities in the peripheral area; (3) the niche overlap of tourism competitiveness in the Chengdu-Chongqing metropolitan area is relatedly high, indicating that the homogenization of tourism in these cities is more serious.

Problems and perspectives of Ukraine’s tourism industry in current challenges

Tourism is among the business directions sustaining huge losses in the war. The approaches to the organization of the tourism business have changed completely since the beginning of the large-scale russian troops’ invasion of Ukraine as it is much dependent on the security component of visitors both during the transfer and when visiting tourist attractions, routes, and other locations that provide certain services of the common tourist basket. Currently, a significant share of travel companies is closed, and some of them have reoriented their activities or act as volunteers. Some requests for recreation began emerging with the onset of the summer season, namely in the cities of safer parts of the country – western regions and Carpathians. So tourism industry continues to function even in martial law since traveling and moving around the country are not forbidden. The article addresses the problems of Ukraine’s tourism industry in martial law and analyzes the dynamics of tourism load on the tourist product producers (travel operators and travel agents) in the 2000-2019 period, which is characterized for Ukraine by hostilities, the annexation of Crimea, occupation of some parts of Donetska and Luhanska oblasts, and introduction of visa-free regimen with European countries. The need to develop new marketing tools to improve the tourism industry competitiveness in regions and territorial communities that should be stipulated at the stage of their spatial and economic planning is emphasized. The article offers the tourism cluster scheme based on a regional (territorial) approach using the entities’ functional integrated links (authorities, businesses, individuals) that consolidate and coordinate the complex systemic management of the tourism industry in the region. Some aspects of Ukraine’s Recovery Plan offered by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at the Ukraine Recovery Conference held on July 4, 2022, in Lugano (Switzerland) regarding the tourism industry development projects are addressed.

Ecological Approach for the Evaluation of Structure and Sustainability in the Tourism Industry

Badaling is the main tourism area in Beijing. The development of tourism has generated considerable economic benefit in this region, but the tourism industry also brought considerable environmental pressure. To obtain a targeted upgrade plan for metropolitan tourism industry, static and dynamic analysis methods were used to quantitatively estimate the structure of the tourism industry in this region. In addition, the ecological footprint and ecosystem capacity models were used to evaluate the sustainable development of tourism. The results show that: (1) The structure of tourism in Badaling is better than that of Beijing, but the growth rate of tourism earnings is slower than the average value in Beijing. Overall, the region lacks competitiveness and the tourism industry in the area is in dire need of an upgrade; (2) the total ecological footprint due to tourism in the Badaling region is 381,098.28 hm2, and the ecosystem capacity is 4509.61 hm2. It is in an obvious ecological deficit, and the development of the tourism industry is unsustainable. To relieve the pressure on the ecology in the Badaling region, we propose four policy suggestions: (1) develop disadvantaged sectors and enhance tourism industry competitiveness, (2) boost tourist transportation revenues relying on the Winter Olympic Games, (3) grow cultural and creative products and expand sales channels, and (4) strengthen inter-regional cooperation and alleviate local ecological pressure.

Island Tourism Brand Identities: A Review of Themes in Island Tourism Logos

All destinations—including islands—have an identity, shaped by the shared lived experiences and perspectives of various parties. Because sense of place is inherently reliant on human interaction (both with place and with each other), island identities are created, co-created, and communicated through various channels. One such channel is the messaging produced to market island destinations to various audiences. In marketing, a brand identity comprises the attributes or characteristics that separate one brand from another and highlight its uniqueness. Island destinations, like other tourism destinations (and brands in general), embed themes in their logos to help create a brand identity and to communicate with target audiences. The current study analyzed a sample of 84 island destination logos and identified a number of recurrent themes, with water, landscape/seascape, flora and fauna, and islandness being most prominent. Findings are discussed in the context of island identity, tourism, and marketing, highlighting opportunities for further exploration by island scholars and marketers alike. A greater understanding of island branding strategy is critical, as it offers island destinations a crucial advantage in an increasingly competitive tourism industry.

An Empirical Study on the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Cultural Tourism Industry Competitiveness and Tourism Flow

The case study for this analysis is Henan province in China, where sustainability is a central issue for tourism development due to the area’s enormous and unexploited potential for cultural tourism. We construct a cultural tourism industry competitiveness evaluation index from cultural resource competitiveness, economic development support competitiveness, ecological environment competitiveness and basic guarantee competitiveness, and also construct a tourism flow evaluation index from tourist flow, consumption flow and effect flow. For this study, we then adopt an Entropy-TOPSIS and Coupling Coordination model to analyze the characteristics of coupling and coordinated development of them from 2009 to 2019. The empirical results show that (1) the comprehensive development index of cultural tourism industry competitiveness and tourism flow exhibits a fluctuating rise trend and maintains good development momentum; and (2) the coupling coordination degree between the cultural tourism industry competitiveness and tourism flow in Henan Province as a whole is gradually improving and the coupling coordination level developed from extreme disorder to grudging coordination, but it is unpromising in some parts of cities. Some recommendations are provided to promote the coupling and coordinated development of cultural tourism industry competitiveness and tourism flow for cities.

Environmental consequences of economic complexities in the EU amidst a booming tourism industry: Accounting for the role of brexit and other crisis events

The European Union (EU) is one of the strongest, but most complex unions in the world with a competitive tourism industry. The aim of this study, therefore, is to account for economic complexity index (ECI), Brexit and other crisis episodes in the growth-energy-emissions nexus. Theoretically, the traditional Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) model is assessed by adopting a One-step System Generalized Method of Moment (Sys GMM) on data for 26 EU member states over the period from 1995 to 2018. For the first time, an EU-macro regional analysis is conducted with and without the UK. Empirical results reveal that an increase in tourism, real GDP per capita, and energy use across the four EU macro regions leads to increase in carbon emission. In some regions, it was observed that tourism, ECI, Brexit, and the Greece bailout have no significant impact on carbon emission. This suggests that the increase in international travel, complexity of the economy, and financial crisis do not accelerate environmental crisis in such regions. However, where such factors are statistically significant, Brexit and the Greece bailout crisis both heighten emissions. Particularly, when the UK is excluded, Brexit and the Greece bailout crisis increase and reduce emissions, respectively. The EKC hypothesis, however, holds in either scenario. Based on these empirical findings, vital policy directions are suggested for a post-Brexit EU-UK energy and environmental relations.

Social and cultural influences and their implications for sustainable tourism: A case study of Trinidad & Tobago's tourism and the growth of the LGBTQ traveler segment

Abstract Purpose: This study examined how social and cultural influences are affecting the government of Trinidad & Tobago's decision-making policies as it relates to the growth of the LGBTQ traveler tourism segment, which is currently threatening the sustainability and competitiveness of the country's tourism industry. This study also aimed to add to the literature on gay tourism in that nation and region as a whole. Research methodology: Data for this research were collected from various sources, including existing literature on the industry's competitiveness, followed by a review of official government surveys, reports and other media documents, and academic research literature. Results: The study's findings reveal that the leaders' lack of failure to understand the economic power of the LGBTQ traveler segment is short-sighted and has negative effects on the fragile nature of the industry's ability to compete globally, lack of long-term vision of the leaders. Limitations: This study relied on secondary data, limiting direct views from individuals in the local communities due to the country being on lockdown since March of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contribution: This study makes a few suggestions for further improvement, such as leaders in that nation deciphering existing buggery laws publicly, to show urgency and commitment to this vulnerable traveler segment; conducting robust discussions with various interest groups that are presenting barriers to changes that could result in a more robust industry, and finally, consider the use of images of members of the LGBTQ community in all marketing promotions.

The Competitiveness of Travel and Tourism Industry of Sub-Saharan African Countries in the World Market

The purpose of this study was to investigate competitiveness of Travel and Tourism industry of Sub-Saharan African countries in the world market. The study used Normalized Revealed Comparative Advantage (NRCA) and Relative Trade Advantage (RTA) indexes as a measure of competitiveness based on secondary data from ITC trade database covering between 2000 and 2019. The findings of the study revealed that SSA countries like Mauritius, South Africa, Seychelles and Namibia have competitive T&T industry consistently in the years between 2000 and 2019. However, SSA countries such as Botswana, Tanzania, Senegal, Kenya and Rwanda have competitiveness vary by years. Moreover, South Africa has highest comparative advantage followed by Tanzania and Mauritius. The study provided valuable information to industry leaders, policy makers, business owners and international organizations such as UN and UNESCO to design appropriate strategies and systems aiming to sustain and improve travel and tourism industry competitiveness in SSA countries. It is the first study in applying NRCA and RTA indexes to investigate the competitiveness of T&T Industry in SSA countries. Keywords: Competitiveness; export; import; performance; tourism; travel

Intermodal transportation as a quality improvement tool in tourism industry

The international tourism, with its developed transport infrastructure, transforms the earlier closed community into the open one, where the communications between the representatives of different countries become the everyday routine. Georgia has strategic geopolitical location on the conjunction of Europe and Asia and holds all the abilities to develop different types of passenger transportation and it enhances the further development of international tourism in the country. The authors examine the condition of country’s transport infrastructure and organization of passenger transportation via different types of transport, aiming to carry out the directions of improving the quality of tourist’s transport service and raising the competitiveness of tourism industry in Georgia, the authors proposed Intermodal Transportation Service Center as a tool of improving the quality of tourism services.

Research Progress on Sports Tourism Competitiveness: a Chinese Literature Review from 2000–2020

In recent years, the scale and development potential of China's sports tourism market have been widely concerned by the academic circle. However, compared with the development of China's sports tourism market, the domestic academic research on the competitiveness of sports tourism is obviously insufficient. Based on a systematic review of 122 papers on sports tourism competitiveness published in Chinese journals from 2000 to 2020, this paper finds that the academic circles in China have paid increasing attention to sports tourism, and the number of literatures is growing. The area of study is mainly in the eastern coastal areas of China and research topics represent a trend of diversification. The measurement of sports tourism competitiveness has been the most studied topics, including Diamond Model, New Diamond Model and Evaluation Index System of China's Sports Tourism Industry Competitiveness. Finally, combined with the current situation of China's sports tourism development, this paper puts forward some suggestions to improve the competitiveness of China's sports tourism from the perspectives of government, enterprises, market, related industries and production elements.

The Use of Economic and Mathematical Modeling in Assessing the Competitiveness of Tourism Industry Enterprises

Purpose of research. Tourism is the most important object in the system of modern economic relations. Its main goal is to create an environment conducive to meeting the needs of tourists, which ensure a steady flow of funds. In turn, the economic subsystem solves the problem of creating a competitive tourism industry – the most important determinant of economic growth. Therefore, the study of the competitiveness of the tourism industry market in ensuring sustainable economic growth of the state and increasing the well-being of the population is an extremely relevant direction in a market economy.At the moment, many international, domestic methods are used to assess the level of competitiveness (competitive opportunities). Methodological support for a comprehensive assessment of the competitiveness of tourism industry enterprises based on economic and mathematical models requires further development. An algorithm for assessing regional competitiveness is given on the example of building an econometric model, and testing it for its practical significance.The purpose of our study is to identify the factors affecting the increase in the level of competitiveness of the tourism potential of the Sevastopol region to ensure a sustainable influx of tourists.Materials and methods. The study of the level of increasing competitiveness based on the use of economic and mathematical modeling in the regional aspect is carried out. The «Gretl» software package was used as a statistical tool for the study. The study of the level of competitiveness in the field of the tourism industry in the Sevastopol region is carried out on the basis of a sample of 50 enterprises of the tourism industry, determined by the rating of the volume of gross revenues received per year. To model the share of the gross value added of the tourism industry in the gross regional product at the regional level, we considered the annual financial and economic data of the activities of travel companies, as well as the macroeconomic indicators of the Sevastopol region from 2015-2019. The processing of economic and financial indicators characterizing the micro- and macroeconomics, identification and interpretation of the model is made using computer technologies, in particular the Gretl software package.Results. According to the results of the study, the nature of the relationship between the share of the gross value added of the tourism industry in the gross regional product and the consumer price index, the growth rate of retail turnover, the growth rate of public catering turnover, and the quantity of registered crimes was revealed. Economic and mathematical modeling was carried out using various approaches to constructing the equations of the general model by the least squares method, with fixed or random effects.Conclusion. The article discusses the modeling of competitive advantages in the tourism industry, which makes it possible to determine the significant parameters of independent variables, and it was also proposed that the model with fixed effects is the most adequate for predicting the tourism potential of the Sevastopol region.It should be noted that it is almost impossible to achieve an increase in competitiveness by chance. Therefore, a set of methods and techniques is needed that form an innovative competitiveness management system. The implementation of such a system is directly related to the analysis and assessment of the whole variety of conditions and factors for the functioning of the subjects of the tourism industry.

Analysis and Evaluation of Competitiveness in Medical Tourism Industry in Taiwan

Tourism is relatively high profit, low-cost and high work opportunity industry Medical tourism is special kind of business type in tourism industry The characteristic of medical tourism is high threshold and high profit for hospital and government But, fewer literatures research about competitiveness of medical tourism industry until now Especially, medical tourism industry faces big challenge when COVID-19 occurs which stop patient to go abroad for treating in the world This research arranges relative literatures and invite some expert's opinion to design criteria for evaluating competitiveness of medical tourism industry in each area After that, linguistic VIKOR and Entropy will be integrated to analyze and evaluate performance of medical tourism industry among China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea Finally, some reasonable suggestion will be provided for Taiwan government and hospital © 2020 ASTES Publishers All rights reserved

The development applied aspects of Ukraine’s tourist industry in the globalization conditions

Purpose – to assess the tourism industry development and its impact on Ukraine’s economy, to identify a set of problems hindering the significant development of the tourism industry, and to justify ways to increase competitiveness in the world market.
 Design/Method/Approach of the research. System approach, synthesis, analysis and comparison to assess the tourism development dynamics in Ukraine, correlation and regression analysis to determine the impact level of increasing the number of hotels and tourist-recreational enterprises on GDP growth in Ukraine, logical generalization to identify a set of problems holding back the significant development of local tourism and ways justification of increasing its competitiveness on the world market.
 Findings. This article presents the results of assessing the tourism dynamics, particularly the tourist flows, the number of resorts, the number of tourists served by tour operators and travel agents. The authors substantiated the ways of increasing the local tourism sector's competitiveness.
 Practical implications. The work results can make the basis for the development of fundamental and scientific-applied provisions contributing to the significant system formation of increasing the competitiveness of Ukraine's tourism industry by state and local authorities, establishing cooperation among market participants and forming optimal logistics flows, developing business models to optimize the flows of health and recreational facilities.
 Originality/Value. The research value is that its applied scientific provisions can be implemented in the strategy of economic development of local tourism in analytical and mathematical justifications of the relationship between economic growth and tourism development, which ultimately increases Ukraine regions’ competitiveness for sustainable development of the country’s economy.
 Research limitations/Future research. Future research should focus on identifying mechanisms to improve the procedure for increasing tourism enterprises' competitiveness and improving provided service quality.
 Paper type –empirical.

Tourism Industry Competitiveness of Semarang Municipality

This study aims to analyze competitiveness level of tourism industry in Semarang Municipality. The data used in this research are secondary data from Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS/BPS) and Culture and Tourism Office of Semarang Municipality. Moreover, this study uses an analytical tool, i.e competitiveness monitor (CM) method. The result shows that Semarang Municipality has several lower indicators of competitiveness calculation than Surakarta Municipality and Magelang Regency, i.e. Human Tourism Indicator (HTI), Environment Indicator (EI), and Human Resources Indicator (HRI). On the other hand, Semarang Municipality also has some higher competitiveness calculation indicators compared to that of Surakarta Municipality and Magelang Regency in Price Competitiveness Indicator (PCI), Infrastructure Development Indicator (IDI), Openness Indicator (OI) and Social Development Indicator (SDI). The improvement of tourism competitiveness in Semarang Municipality requires synergy from many parties, including the government, business actors in tourism sector (hotel owners, travel bureaus), private sector and academics.

Visitor characteristics matter: how the positive impact of visit duration on visitor satisfaction at visitor attractions is moderated

Within the tourism industry is customer satisfaction creation crucial for companies’ success. As visitor attractions are operating in the highly relevant and competitive tourism industry, satisfaction generation for their visitors is a key to success and a competitive advantage. To positively affect visitor satisfaction (VS), existing research mostly suggest increasing visit durations (VD) (i.e., a positive effect of VD on VS). However, contrary findings also appeared; thus, it remains unclear why and under which conditions the positive effect occurs and is leveraged or weakened. This study empirically analyses moderating and mediating effects on the VD-VS association using a visitor survey. Visitors' previous experience with other related visitor attractions, importance of recommendations by others to the visitation decision, and visitors' personal life satisfaction were included as moderating variables, value for money was added as the mediating variable. Results indicate that the VD–VS association is strengthened, with higher levels of visitors' previous experience with other related visitor attractions, with decreasing levels of importance of recommendations by others to the visitation decision, and with decreasing levels of visitors' personal life satisfaction. Moreover, value for money mediates the effect of visit duration on visitor satisfaction. As such, this study provides practical insights into a more visitor segment-specific utilization of VD for managing VS more efficiently and contributes to the visitor attraction literature by investigating variables influencing the VD–VS relationship.