Regional competitiveness of a tourism cluster: a conceptual model proposal

• Author(s): Ferreira, João ; Estevão, Cristina
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/1454
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Subject(s): Cluster; Tourism; Regional Development and Competitiveness
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Tourism is characterized for being a sector that has been highlighted as one of the activities with greatest potential for expansion on a global scale. For its growth potential and for being a product that can only be consumed in loco, tourism accepts the prominence role of being a strategy for local development. In this context the search for competitiveness is one of the key concerns of companies around the world. As clusters being a competent tool in companies’ performance, in regional development and in countries’ competitiveness, it is important to analyze its potential in tourism. This research aims to propose a conceptual model to analyze how a tourism cluster encourages its regional competitiveness.