 A fuzzy MCDM approach for choosing a tourism destination in PortugalTolga Genç and José António Filipe International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2016, vol. 10, issue 1, 23-44 Abstract: In this paper, it is intended to create a methodology in order to have a multi criteria approach for choosing a tourist destination region or place. Involving a gridline scheme for selection a tourism destination, several criteria will be defined in order to create the basis for the utilisation of the model for electing a destination. The first step involves the description of the features of the possible destinations like Lisbon, Alentejo, Algarve and Alto Douro Region and in which the methodology may be applied. Tourism destination selection is a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) problem including both multi alternatives and criteria and has a great importance for many travellers. To do so, we use the fuzzy technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), an MCDM method based on fuzzy sets in deciding about a tourism destination. Generally, it is difficult to model the real life problems with crisp data. For that reason, we take advantage of using linguistic variables to select the best tourist destination in Portugal. Keywords: multicriteria decision making; MCDM; tourism industry; tourist destinations; fuzzy TOPSIS; Portugal; fuzzy logic; destination selection; linguistic variables. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbsre:v:10:y:2016:i:1:p:23-44 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business and Systems Research from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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