Does sustainability enhance tourism destination competitiveness? Evidence from Italian Destinations of Excellence

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 370-382

  Cucculelli, Marco ^a   Goffi, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Destination competitiveness; Italy; Sustainability; Tourism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESS; INTERNATIONAL AWARDS; ITALY; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84921059126     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.069     Document Type: Article

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