Destination Competitiveness and Sustainability

Abstract

The creation and evaluation of a sustainable tourism destination must involve input from all tourism stakeholders. One main difficulty at the regional level is the absence of clearly defined instruments and approaches capable of incorporating all tourism stakeholders and attaining various policy goals. All sectors that are less market-oriented can benefit from sustainable tourism planning combined with destination competitiveness through perspective-value engagement of tourism stakeholders. Therefore, this study offers a model and indicators of destination competitiveness to contrast nations and industries involved in tourism. Employing the indicator division pattern by Dwyer and Kim (2003) for future development focusing on heritage tourism planning, it compiles a collection of destination competitiveness and sustainability metrics using inputs, gaps, and limitations from earlier existing toolkits. The study therefore concludes that combining the Travel and Tourism Development Index with the developed indicator list can aid in evaluating all heritage destinations proportionately.