Destination competitiveness-Applying different models, the case of Slovenia

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-307

  Gomezelj, Doris Omerzel ^a   Mihalič, Tanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Competitiveness indicators; Competitiveness model; De Keyser Vanhove; Dwyer; Ritchie and Crouch model; Slovenia; Tourism destination; Tourism destination competitiveness; Tourism value added

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; MODELING; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; KOREA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749010199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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