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Copyright Universidade de São Paulo, Depto de Relações Públicas, Propaganda e Turismo da ECA Dec 2015

Abstract

This article assesses the competitiveness of an inland city as a tourist destination, in relation to its key competitors. The work introduces a new method to measure the competitiveness of tourist destinations through the eyes of the customers, based on perceptual mapping of respondents, which allows evaluation of the main strengths and weaknesses perceived by the audience, and compare them with competitors' competiveness. In addition to the subjective evaluation through perceptual mapping, the proposed method also uses Exploratory Factor Analysis to evaluate the destination's performance objectively, and to compare them with the main competitors. The work is innovative in relation to the precedents, once the proposed method allows simultaneously identify the main competitors for a tourist destination and evaluate their performance both in relation to the customers' expectations, and in comparison to the key competitors. Although encouraging, results shall be taken with care, given that the sample have a large portion of students and that it was gathered by convenience over the internet, a method that does not allow much control over respondents' behaviour.

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Title
Competitividade de Destinos Turísticos na Visão da Demanda: introdução de um novo método de avaliação/Competitiveness of Tourist Destinations According to the Customers' View: introduction of a new method of assessment/Competitividad de los Destinos Turísticos de Acuerdo a la Opinión de los Clientes: introducción de un nuevo método de evaluación
Author
Añaña, Edar da Silva; Pereira, Melise de Lima; dos Anjos, Francisco Antônio
Pages
859-879
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Dec 2015
Publisher
Universidade de São Paulo, Depto de Relações Públicas, Propaganda e Turismo da ECA
ISSN
01035541
e-ISSN
19844867
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1787916296
Copyright
Copyright Universidade de São Paulo, Depto de Relações Públicas, Propaganda e Turismo da ECA Dec 2015