Regional Competition and Sustainable Development: A Game Theory Model for Tourism Destinations

Li Sheng

European Planning Studies, 2011, vol. 19, issue 4, 669-681

Abstract: The numerous side effects that accompany a rapid growth in tourism weaken the justification for an aggressive tourism development strategy. By applying a game theoretical framework to the context of strategic interactions between competitive and complementary destinations within a region, this paper shows that, for the sake of the destination's sustainable development, rational decision makers should choose moderate strategies instead of very aggressive ones.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.548470

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