Destination Competitiveness and AI-based Methods
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Haiyang Xia
, Birgit Muskat , Marion Karl und Gang Li
Abstract
Over the past three decades, researchers have made significant progress to advance the understanding of destination competitiveness. However, due to the complex and multi-dimensional nature of the phenomenon, there are still several open and under-explored questions. This chapter aims to review the existing knowledge on destination competitiveness, identify research gaps and propose innovative solutions to advance destination competitiveness research and practice both conceptually and methodologically. The chapter provides an overview of common competitiveness theories, definitions, conceptual models and evaluation methods. It then outlines an agenda on how different levels of competitiveness theories can be combined with AIbased methods and Big Data and suggests how to advance future destination competitiveness research - and destination management practice.
Abstract
Over the past three decades, researchers have made significant progress to advance the understanding of destination competitiveness. However, due to the complex and multi-dimensional nature of the phenomenon, there are still several open and under-explored questions. This chapter aims to review the existing knowledge on destination competitiveness, identify research gaps and propose innovative solutions to advance destination competitiveness research and practice both conceptually and methodologically. The chapter provides an overview of common competitiveness theories, definitions, conceptual models and evaluation methods. It then outlines an agenda on how different levels of competitiveness theories can be combined with AIbased methods and Big Data and suggests how to advance future destination competitiveness research - and destination management practice.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword VII
- Preface IX
- Contents XI
- The Need to Engage with Destination Development 1
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Part I: Developing Competitive Destinations
- Tourism Destinations: Risk, Management and Communication 11
- Destination Competitiveness and AI-based Methods 33
- Change Management Approaches to Encounter Rural Overtourism 55
- Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations: Current Challenges in Measuring and Managing Visitors’ Spatio-Temporal Behaviour 81
- Supporting Economically and Socially Sustainable Destination Development through Branding: Opportunities and Challenges 105
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Part II: Developing Sustainable Destinations
- From Global Frameworks to Local Meanings: Assessing Resilience for Sustainable Destinations through the Lens of Transdisciplinary Research 127
- Destination Resilience in the Context of COVID-19 and Its Hysteretic Impact on the Tourism System of South Tyrol 149
- Local Participation for a Higher Commitment to Destination Development 173
- Residents’ Attitudes and Sustainable Destination Development: Introducing the Tourism Acceptance Score 197
- Dogs, Frogs and Degrowth: Sustainable Development and Arctification as a Destination Development Dilemma in Northern Sweden 219
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Part III: Developing Accessible Destinations
- Principles and Practices of Effective Inclusive Stakeholder Community Engagement 243
- The Role of Universal Design in the Future of Tourism Planning and Development 261
- Developing Social Sustainable Tourism for and with People with Hidden Disabilities: Reflections from Fyn, Denmark 287
- Tourism Promotional Materials: Examining the Intersections of Accessibility and Inclusion 309
- Inclusive Destination Management Strategies 333
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Part IV: Developing Future-Proof Destinations
- Business as Usual or Completely Different? COVID-19 and Its Influence on the Participation in Tourism of the German Population 361
- Beyond Overtourism, Undertourism, the End of Tourism: New Perspectives for Urban Tourism 381
- Flight and Migration in the Context of Destinations: Conceptional Approaches and Empirical Insights Based on the Repurposing of Tourist Accommodation as Accommodation for Refugees – Case Study Bavaria 405
- The Challenge of Climate Change and Net-Zero Emissions for Destinations 425
- Techno-Utopia or Techno-Dystopia: Current and Future Extended Reality and Artificial Intelligence Developments in Destinations 453
- The Contribution of Academia to Destination Development 473
- List of Figures 483
- List of Tables 487
- List of Contributors 489
- Index 497
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword VII
- Preface IX
- Contents XI
- The Need to Engage with Destination Development 1
-
Part I: Developing Competitive Destinations
- Tourism Destinations: Risk, Management and Communication 11
- Destination Competitiveness and AI-based Methods 33
- Change Management Approaches to Encounter Rural Overtourism 55
- Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations: Current Challenges in Measuring and Managing Visitors’ Spatio-Temporal Behaviour 81
- Supporting Economically and Socially Sustainable Destination Development through Branding: Opportunities and Challenges 105
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Part II: Developing Sustainable Destinations
- From Global Frameworks to Local Meanings: Assessing Resilience for Sustainable Destinations through the Lens of Transdisciplinary Research 127
- Destination Resilience in the Context of COVID-19 and Its Hysteretic Impact on the Tourism System of South Tyrol 149
- Local Participation for a Higher Commitment to Destination Development 173
- Residents’ Attitudes and Sustainable Destination Development: Introducing the Tourism Acceptance Score 197
- Dogs, Frogs and Degrowth: Sustainable Development and Arctification as a Destination Development Dilemma in Northern Sweden 219
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Part III: Developing Accessible Destinations
- Principles and Practices of Effective Inclusive Stakeholder Community Engagement 243
- The Role of Universal Design in the Future of Tourism Planning and Development 261
- Developing Social Sustainable Tourism for and with People with Hidden Disabilities: Reflections from Fyn, Denmark 287
- Tourism Promotional Materials: Examining the Intersections of Accessibility and Inclusion 309
- Inclusive Destination Management Strategies 333
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Part IV: Developing Future-Proof Destinations
- Business as Usual or Completely Different? COVID-19 and Its Influence on the Participation in Tourism of the German Population 361
- Beyond Overtourism, Undertourism, the End of Tourism: New Perspectives for Urban Tourism 381
- Flight and Migration in the Context of Destinations: Conceptional Approaches and Empirical Insights Based on the Repurposing of Tourist Accommodation as Accommodation for Refugees – Case Study Bavaria 405
- The Challenge of Climate Change and Net-Zero Emissions for Destinations 425
- Techno-Utopia or Techno-Dystopia: Current and Future Extended Reality and Artificial Intelligence Developments in Destinations 453
- The Contribution of Academia to Destination Development 473
- List of Figures 483
- List of Tables 487
- List of Contributors 489
- Index 497