Tourist Clusters, Destinations and Competitiveness: Theoretical issues and empirical evidences (Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113889169X ISBN 13: 9781138891692

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

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 different perspectives. First, it approaches destinations using the concept of tourist clusters and investigates their role in competitiveness and firm performances. The second perspective studies the development of models of competitiveness and governance. It also develops an international benchmarking system of 15-EU countries, with an additional focus on Italy, UK and United States.

The book will appeal to academics, scholars and practitioners in tourism studies, management, urban and regional studies and economic geography, etc.

About this title

About the Author

Francesco Capone is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Italy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113889169X
• ISBN 13: 9781138891692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: Capone Francesco