Tourism and destination competitiveness an exploratory analysis applying the forgotten effects theory
In the past two decades, research on tourism or destination competitiveness has incremented exponentially. The concept of improving the performance of a destination to deliver goods and services considered significant for tourists is highly appealing for policy and decision-makers. Therefore, analyzing the relation between some identified causes of destination competitiveness exert in touristic variables of a specific territory results relevant. The present work applies the theory of forgotten effects to identify the direct, moreover the indirect cause-effect relationship of the identified variables. Results show that the highest indirect effect is given by the variables hospitality and sustainable development, some other interesting results are those found in causes, destination management, and accessibility; in effects, economic growth, and profitability. This work tries to shed light in the identification and initial measurement of the relevance that competitive variables has on a touristic destination.