The life cycle and competitive position of tourism destinations: a global empirical approach

Jesús Navarro-Navarro, Francisco Juárez-Tárraga, Ana B. Ramón-Rodríguez and José F. Perles-Ribes
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José Francisco Perles Ribes

Current Issues in Tourism, 2024, vol. 27, issue 23, 4203-4219

Abstract: The competitiveness of tourism destinations depends on their degree of development or maturity. This article uses cluster analysis methods to establish the position in the life cycle of destinations in a pool of 154 countries. The article also explores their evolution between 2007 and 2017 doing a static comparative exercise. The position in the life cycle is determined by using confidence intervals for the means of the main variables. Following a recent and innovative methodology, thresholds are proposed that could potentially allow for a change of phase in the life cycle. Moreover, the article examines the main determinants of the competitiveness of the different destination groups as a function of their life-cycle position.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2023.2280161

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