From potential to ability to compete: Towards a performance-based tourism competitiveness index

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 146-154

  Croes, Robertico ^a   Kubickova, Marketa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Competitiveness theory; Destination; Development; Tourism competitiveness index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887570634     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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