Multicriteria decision-making for selecting tourist destinations and increasing their competitiveness

The competitiveness of a tourist destination is related to its capacity to present products and services better than others, providing tourist experiences that meet the preferences of those who demand them. However, how tourists decide which destination to visit is a question that needs to be answer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ramos, Célia M. Q., Vanti, Adolfo, Solana González, Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/32992
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/32992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tourism destination
Decision support system
Multiple criteria decision-making
Analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
Tourism competitiveness
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Sumario:The competitiveness of a tourist destination is related to its capacity to present products and services better than others, providing tourist experiences that meet the preferences of those who demand them. However, how tourists decide which destination to visit is a question that needs to be answered to support all destination stakeholders, and this is the aim of this research. This paper uses the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach to prioritise the types of tourism. The method applied is the Analytic Hierarchy Process, and the results showed the greater importance of the criteria of rest/simplicity and cultural difference. As for the tourist destinations, the most relevant in order of priority were Cruise tourism followed by Art/culture tourism, showing that these two types of tourism must be combined in a co-competition.