scholarly journals Grouping the Americas and Asia-Pacific Countries based on Their ICT Readiness, Prioritization of Travel & Tourism and Tourist Service Infrastructures

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Pradel Mathurin Augustin ◽  
Shu-Yi Liaw
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Scatter Plot ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Tourist Service

Travel and tourism competitiveness is a multi-pillars construct, each originating from measurement attempts. Involvement of governments, technology and tourism infrastructures are viewed as factors able to improve tourism competitiveness. This paper identifies principal components from these pillars for the Asia-Pacific and Americas considered most improved regions by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Five principal components were identified but three components were the most appropriate solution. A cluster analysis divided the countries into four groups offering a classification of the set. With their position presented in a scatter plot, countries can identify and select the best recommendations to their case depending on the group they belong to. Based on the cluster analysis results, it is seen that groups likes the Underachievers and Critical improvements would definitely need to improve their ICT level, while the Average Performers could as well benefit from technology improvements, although at a lesser degree. Specific examples discussed give better indications and recommendations to the countries as they can draw example from the explained cases to either adopt or adapt relevant strategies that would help their economy or avoid making similar mistakes.

scholarly journals ROMANIA VERSUS BULGARIA: A SHORT ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SEASIDE TOURISM

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 471-482
Author(s):  
Mihai Costea ◽  
Cristian Valentin Hapenciuc ◽  
Gabriela Arionesei
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
National Authority ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Tourism Activity

This research compares tourism competitiveness of two neighboring countries, Romania and Bulgaria, which have many similarities economically as well as from a geopolitical and historical perspective. Despite these similarities, immediately after the 1990s, which marked the fall of the communist regime, the tourism phenomenon in the two countries had divergent evolutions. As the tourism industry in Bulgaria, especially its seaside tourism, underwent unprecedented development, the tourism activity in Romania systematically lost its competitiveness. The factors affecting the appearance and increase of such a difference are of interest to the Romanian seaside tourism. To generate the answer to this problem, we perform a series of comparative analyses with data from the World Economic Forum, in terms of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report (2011-2015), `the National Authority for Tourism of Romania, and the National Institute of Statistics from Romania and Bulgaria. We identified a series of constitutive elements relating to the success of the Bulgarian seaside tourism and a sequence of deficiencies in the strategic and organizational maneuvers of the tourism activity at the Romanian seaside.

scholarly journals NEOLIBERASLIME VERSUS KEBIJAKAN SELEKTIF KEIMIGRASIAN: KORELASI KOMPONEN “INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS” DENGAN REZIM BEBAS VISA DI INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-171
Author(s):  
Andry Indrady
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Competitive Index ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
International Openness

Sejak penerapan kebijakan bebas visa wisata di Indonesia pada tahun 1983 sampai dengan tahun 2017 terlihat dominasi sektor kepariwisataan (tourism) di dalam proses pengambilan keputusan kebijakan bebas visa. Rasional utama desakan adanya kebijakan ini belakangan terlihat adanya unsur pengaruh the Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (TTCI) yang dikeluarkan oleh lembaga dunia the World Economic Forum (WEF) dan the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) untuk mendongkrak rangking Indonesia di mata dunia Indonesia dalam hal sektor kepariwisataan. Dan salah satu komponen dari alat ukur persaingan kompetisi internasional tersebut adalah international openness, dengan penilaian bahwa semakin banyak suatu negara menghilangkan restriksi untuk memasuki suatu negara maka semakin tinggi komponen penilaian TTCI. Tulisan ini secara kritis menilai bahwa perluasan kebijakan bebas visa, sudah bergeser dari titik keseimbangan kebijakan selektif keimigrasian Indonesia. Meskipun diakui bahwa ada kontribusi dari kebijakan bebas ini, namun secara makro menggiring ke dalam “perangkap” instrumen internasional yang akan merugikan kepentingan Indonesia. Bahkan analisis di dalam tulisan ini ditemukan bahwa tidak ada korelasi yang signifikan antara komponen international openness dengan peningkatan daya saing pariwisata secara agregat. Oleh karena itu, dengan menggunakan beberapa pendekatan teori ekonomi politik internasional, dan teori pembangunan internasional, tulisan ini melakukan studi kritis terhadap eksistensi pengaruh internasional terhadap kebijakan selektif keimigrasian di Indonesia, serta langkah-langkah konkret yang perlu dilakukan segera oleh Pemerintah Indonesia agar dapat terhindar dari jebakan angka dan statistik dalam berkompetisi di era neoliberal saat ini.

scholarly journals Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Tourism for Mexico and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
José César Navarro Chávez ◽  
América Ivonne Zamora Torres ◽  
Montserrat Cano Torres
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Destination Competitiveness ◽  
The World

Tourism has become an important industry for most of the economies, especially for non industrialized countries where it represent the main source of income. This paper focuses on the analysis of 14 competitiveness tourism factors for 20 country members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which represents the most dynamic region in the world according to its participation on the global GDP and international trade, highlighting the performance of Mexico and doing a benchmark with the rest of APEC countries. The authors analyze secondary data from the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index to create clusters and then multidimensional scaling techniques were employed for detecting the more or less effective determinants of destination competitiveness.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF TOURISM COMPETITIVE MODELS TO TOURISM DESTINATIONS

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Saidi Wasi Jackson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Infrastructural Development ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The article discusses and evaluates theories and models of tourism competitiveness particularly those of Crouch and Ritchie (1999), Dwyer and Kim (2003) and World Economic Forum (2018). Wiklund, J., & Shepherd, D. (2005) the models enable and tries to enlighten more on how they facilitate the understanding and application of tourism competitiveness. World Travel and Tourism Council (2018) competitiveness in the travel and tourism industry is widely preached however, there is no uniform understanding and application of the concepts of competitiveness (Andrades-Caldito L Sánchez-Rivero, M. & Pulido-Fernández J. 2013). World Travel and Tourism Council (2018) evidently, there are many competitive variations among the top and advanced tourism destinations in the world. Austria is on position one in tourism infrastructural and products competitiveness, France is number one on tourists' visitations but the United States of America and China is number one on receipts/income realized from tourism. This clearly shows that if the models were perfect and uniformly applied then only one destination could have been number one in all aspects of visitation, infrastructural development, and income generated from the tourism industry. This clearly shows that there is a need for fresh research and development of the models to suffice the variations in the situation. The analysis, evaluation, and comparison of models is based on the research methodology, application (practice), variables used, assumptions and generalizations

scholarly journals Competitiveness of Travel and Tourism in Selected Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Elena Širá ◽  
Ryszard Pukała
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
World Market ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Competitiveness Index ◽  
Growing Economy

Abstract Competitiveness of the country is a very important factor, especially in the area of tourism. Tourism is one of the most important and most rapidly growing economy sectors, which faces the challenges and possibilities of globalization. The travel and tourism sector is widely recognized as an important factor for the regional development. This enables the country to be successful in the world market and for tourists. To measure the competitiveness of travel and tourism, we used various indexes. One of them is the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index, published by the World Economic Forum. The aim of this paper is to analyse the travel and tourism competitiveness in selected countries. According to their performance, we identified the best travel and tourism country. In addition, we focused on strengths and weaknesses of the analysed countries to improve their competitiveness position in the future.

scholarly journals Study of the Tourism Competitiveness Model of the World Economic Forum Using Rasch’s Mathematical Model: The Case of Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7169
Author(s):  
José Alberto Martínez-González ◽  
Vidina Tais Díaz-Padilla ◽  
Eduardo Parra-López
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
High Potential ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Joint Study

In this paper, the potential of the World Economic Forum (WEF) model to analyze tourism competitiveness is studied. The study aims to analyze the WEF model’s validity, reliability and dimensionality. It attempts to determine the WEF model’s potential for studying tourism destinations’ competitiveness in an integrated context. Finally, using the WEF model, Portugal’s competitiveness is analyzed in an integrated and benchmarking context. The methodology used in this study is the Rasch mathematical model, a methodology that has been effectively demonstrated in social sciences. Competitiveness data from the latest available WEF Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report (TTCR-2019) has been used. The results show that the WEF model is statistically valid and reliable for studying competitiveness in tourism. Likewise, the WEF model’s high potential for the joint study of competitiveness and individual countries in an integrated and benchmarking context is confirmed. The study facilitates the development of policies to improve tourism competitiveness.

scholarly journals Tourist Competitiveness, an interpretation for the Pueblo Mágico of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Lina Luna-Medina ◽  
Orlando Karin Santos-Olvera ◽  
Josué Socorro Montoya-Vega ◽  
Hilda Lucía Cisneros-López
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Hermeneutical Phenomenology ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Multiple Meanings

The objective of the research is to make an interpretation of the analytical tourist tourism competition The 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, the guide for the execution of Magical Towns and the Model of Tourism Excellence of the state of Guanjuato. The research approach is qualitative, qualitative research seeks subjectivity and explaining and understanding individual and group subjective interactions and meanings. (Álvarez- Gayou, 2012). Interpretive referential framework Hermeneutical Phenomenology, which seeks to discover non-multiple meanings, analyze and describe them (Álvarez-Gayou, 2012). Proposing to establish indicators of tourism competitiveness for the Magical Towns of the State of Guanajuato by means of which the form of the tourism situation can be evaluated in order to detect areas of improvement and generate strategies that increase the tourism competitiveness of said tourist destinations and It translates into a benefit for the Magic Town of Salvatierra and the State of Guanajuato.

scholarly journals Factores competitivos determinantes del liderazgo turístico de España en 2015

2017 ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Montero-Muradas ◽  
Juan Ramón Oreja-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Business Travel ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Destination Management Organizations ◽  
Port Infrastructure ◽  
Tourist Service

El concepto de competitividad turística ha sido ampliamente debatido en ambientes académicos y profesionales, presentando actualmente un doble problema de delimitación y de medición. De los diferentes modelos existentes, el más conocido es el modelo del World Economic Forum (WEF) que presenta un posicionamiento competitivo de 141 economías, mediante su Travel and Tourism Competitivenes Index (TTCI), que recoge aspectos de la agenda neoliberal, que ha de ser considerados para lograr el éxito tanto en los destinos como en sus organizaciones gestoras (en inglés: Destination Management Organizations: DMO). España es líder mundial en competitividad turística en el informe del WEF de 2015 y, de acuerdo al doble problema destacado, se pretende con este trabajo conocer las base de la competitividad de España y su posicionamiento competitivo. El logro de esos objetivos se realizará utilizando la Teoría de la Medición de Rasch (TMR), que permite la medición objetiva del modelo competitivo del WEF, y en particular del posicionamiento competitivo de las 141 economías, así como de los factores (pilares) determinantes de esos posicionamientos. Las conclusiones referidas a España evidencian los factores competitivos determinantes de su posicionamiento en el modelo del WEF de 2015. España dispone de un alto nivel en los factores claves en el mercado turístico mundial: pilar 4 (Human Resources and Labour Market), pilar 2 (Safety and Securit) y pilar 3 (Health and Hygiene). Mientras que destaca sus fortalezas en algún factor no clave: pilar 6 (Priorization of Travel & Tourism), pilar 11 (Ground and Port Infrastructure), pilar 12 (Tourist Service Infrastructure) y pilar 14 (Cultural Resources and Business Travel). El pilar 8 (Price Competitiveness) es una debilidad de España. Esta situación se compensa, en términos relativos, dado que sus competidores directos están en una situación peor.

Principles of Evolutionary Modernization of Transition Economies

2009 ◽  
pp. 85-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Rustamov
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Beneficial Use ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Comparative Advantages ◽  
World Economic

The article considers strategic issues of modernization of the transition economy. The analysis is based on the methodology of the World Economic Forum where special attention is paid to the sequence of the transformation stages. The main conclusion is that modernization should combine implementation of the governance mechanisms with the beneficial use of comparative advantages of the national culture. In fact, modernization of the transition economy should be evolutionary. It is precisely this course of development that is relevant for Azerbaijan which has successfully upgraded its economy in the recent years.

The World Economic Forum Principles on "Climate Governance on Corporate Boards": can soft law help to face climate change around the world?

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Sabrina Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Financial Factor ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic

Climate change is a financial factor that carries with it risks and opportunities for companies. To support boards of directors of companies belonging to all jurisdictions, the World Economic Forum issued in January 2019 eight Principlescontaining both theoretical and practical provisions on: climate accountability, competence, governance, management, disclosure and dialogue. The paper analyses each Principle to understand scope and managerial consequences for boards and to evaluate whether the legal distinctions, among the various jurisdictions, may undermine the application of the Principles or, by contrast, despite the differences the Principles may be a useful and effective guidance to drive boards' of directors' conduct around the world in handling climate change challenges. Five jurisdictions are taken into consideration for this comparative analysis: Europe (and UK), US, Australia, South Africa and Canada. The conclusion is that the WEF Principles, as soft law, is the best possible instrument to address boards of directors of worldwide companies, harmonise their conduct and effectively help facing such global emergency.

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