Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.

This study presents a new method for measuring tourism destination competitiveness based on data covering a specific time span. Issues, such as the type of data gathered, tools and methods employed, and the size and number of destinations, are addressed, as is the consideration of a specified time p...

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Autores principales:	Víctor Ernesto Pérez León, Maria Amparo León Sánchez, Flor Mª Guerrero
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:41d55287bd24478a91d6f25ac885876e2021-12-02T20:05:32ZCentral American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252139https://doaj.org/article/41d55287bd24478a91d6f25ac885876e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252139https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203This study presents a new method for measuring tourism destination competitiveness based on data covering a specific time span. Issues, such as the type of data gathered, tools and methods employed, and the size and number of destinations, are addressed, as is the consideration of a specified time period. The proposal is based on the information given by linear regression equations, which not only enables the behaviour of destinations to be observed over time, but also facilitates their comparison. The data employed was from the period 2000-2019. Cluster Analysis was introduced to group destinations according to their performance. Moreover, various aggregation methods are proposed to obtain competitiveness rankings. A comparison between destinations was carried out using the non-aggregative and an aggregative approach. Certain destinations attained better positions than others that are considered as being more competitive in global international rankings. Five clusters were clearly identified. The results were consistent with the World Travel and Tourism Council outputs and underlined the importance attached to tourism development in the destinations from Central America and the Caribbean.Víctor Ernesto Pérez LeónMaria Amparo León SánchezFlor Mª GuerreroPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0252139 (2021)
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description	This study presents a new method for measuring tourism destination competitiveness based on data covering a specific time span. Issues, such as the type of data gathered, tools and methods employed, and the size and number of destinations, are addressed, as is the consideration of a specified time period. The proposal is based on the information given by linear regression equations, which not only enables the behaviour of destinations to be observed over time, but also facilitates their comparison. The data employed was from the period 2000-2019. Cluster Analysis was introduced to group destinations according to their performance. Moreover, various aggregation methods are proposed to obtain competitiveness rankings. A comparison between destinations was carried out using the non-aggregative and an aggregative approach. Certain destinations attained better positions than others that are considered as being more competitive in global international rankings. Five clusters were clearly identified. The results were consistent with the World Travel and Tourism Council outputs and underlined the importance attached to tourism development in the destinations from Central America and the Caribbean.
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author	Víctor Ernesto Pérez León Maria Amparo León Sánchez Flor Mª Guerrero
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title	Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.
title_short	Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.
title_full	Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.
title_fullStr	Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.
title_full_unstemmed	Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.
title_sort	central american and caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: a temporal approach.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
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Central American and Caribbean tourism destinations' competitiveness: A temporal approach.

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