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Competitiveness of Tourism Destinations and Sustainable Destination Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 13343

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Young-joo Ahn

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College of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea
Interests: tourist behavior; destination management; events and festivals; positive aging
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide various perspectives for the competitiveness of tourism destinations and sustainable destination management. Each destination has attractive tangible and intangible resources. These resources can be important sources for promoting tourism destinations. Tourism, however, can simultaneously bring positive and negative impacts on tourism destinations. Promotions for increasing the number of tourists and achieving high efficiency may not be the best solutions all the time. Moreover, for the last two years, external forces (i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic) have dramatically changed the hospitality and tourism industry. Many practitioners and scholars have faced challenges and attempted to solve problems, suggesting insightful ideas for allocating limited resources, building partnerships, and increasing prosperity and quality of life for everyone.

In this regard, this Special Issue invites valuable studies for sharing insightful knowledge and learning different cases for tourism competitiveness and sustainable destination management. The topics of the Special Issue may include relevant stakeholders, partnerships and collaboration, and tourists’ experiences at tourism destinations. Conceptual and empirical studies on tourism competitiveness, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) are also welcomed. Research in the Special Issue can create synergy and boost collaboration to encourage actions toward sustainability at tourism destinations.

Dr. Young-joo Ahn
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • hospitality
  • tourism
  • destination management
  • marketing
  • stakeholders
  • tourism competitiveness
  • sustainable development goals (SDGs)
  • environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

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How Important Is Stakeholder Collaboration in the MICE Industry: Antecedents and Outcomes of Supply Chain Integration
by Tae-Hwan Yoon and Saerom Wang
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 14966; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014966 - 17 Oct 2023
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The MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) industry consists of various stakeholders and their collaboration is essential in achieving the success of the entities involved. Yet, limited attention has been paid in the literature to examining cooperation among them. Thus, this research intends [...] Read more.
The MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) industry consists of various stakeholders and their collaboration is essential in achieving the success of the entities involved. Yet, limited attention has been paid in the literature to examining cooperation among them. Thus, this research intends to understand the impact of social capital on supply chain integration in the MICE industry and the influence of supply chain integration on corporate performance and MICE destination competitiveness. Based on purposive sampling to recruit respondents working in the MICE industry in Busan, Korea, surveys were distributed online and offline. A total of 158 valid samples were utilized for data analysis, in which partial least squares (PLS)-SEM was conducted. According to the results of this study, relational and cognitive social capital affects supply chain integration and enhanced supply chain integration leads to higher corporate performance and destination competitiveness. The findings unearth novel understanding regarding the importance and function of collaboration among stakeholders in the MICE industry, from the perspective of social capital and supply chain integration, that offers valuable theoretical and practical implications. Full article
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All-for-One Tourism Demonstration Zones and High-Quality Development of Tourism: Evidence from the Quasi-Natural Experiment in China
by Jun Liu, Ziwei Wang and Changjin Li
Sustainability 2023, 15(15), 11626; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511626 - 27 Jul 2023
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The all-for-one tourism guides the development of the tourism industry in China and promotes coordinated development of the economy and society. Existing studies emphasize the significance of all-for-one tourism but pay limited attention to the impact and mechanism of all-for-one tourism on the [...] Read more.
The all-for-one tourism guides the development of the tourism industry in China and promotes coordinated development of the economy and society. Existing studies emphasize the significance of all-for-one tourism but pay limited attention to the impact and mechanism of all-for-one tourism on the high-quality development of tourism. By employing the all-for-one tourism demonstration zones as a quasi-natural experiment, this research uses the time-varying difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically investigate the relationship between all-for-one tourism demonstration zones and the high-quality development of tourism. In particular, under the guidance of the new development philosophy, this research constructs a measurement and evaluation indicator system for the high-quality development of tourism from five dimensions, including innovative, coordinated, green, open, and shared development. The results show that the all-for-one tourism demonstration zones positively impact the high-quality development of tourism, and the result is robust to a series of robustness checks, including the placebo test and the propensity score matching (PSM) procedures. Network infrastructure construction and tourism talent agglomeration are mechanisms channelling through all-for-one tourism demonstration zones and high-quality tourism development. Heterogeneity analysis reveals positive impacts of all-for-one tourism demonstration zones on central and western regions and provinces with a low proportion of tertiary sector. Full article
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The Relationships between Tourism Destination Competitiveness, Empowerment, and Supportive Actions for Tourism
by Young-joo Ahn and Jeanne Bessiere
Sustainability 2023, 15(1), 626; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010626 - 29 Dec 2022
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This study examines the relationships between tourism destination competitiveness (TDC), empowerment, and support for tourism among residents. It also examines the role of empowerment as a mediator in the relationship between TDC and residents’ support for tourism. A total of 711 respondents were [...] Read more.
This study examines the relationships between tourism destination competitiveness (TDC), empowerment, and support for tourism among residents. It also examines the role of empowerment as a mediator in the relationship between TDC and residents’ support for tourism. A total of 711 respondents were used. This study uses descriptive analysis, two-stage factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that seven antecedents of TDC, namely natural, cultural, contextual competitiveness, complementarity, accommodation, infrastructure, and technology, are identified. Psychological empowerment has most positive effects on five facets of destination competitiveness. The results reveal a mediation effect of empowerment between the destination competitiveness and resident supportive behaviors for tourism. The outcome of this proposed model is support for tourism, which means active supportive actions for tourism among residents. The psychological and economic empowerment dimensions are shown to have positive effects on resident support for tourism. Understanding residents’ empowerment and support can be useful for those who develop political policies and action plans for sustainable tourism development. The results can suggest a model for a sustainable destination management, increasing the global reputation of travel destination, and advocacy for sustainable development goals. Full article
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