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1 Competitiveness and Tourism Volume II Edited by Geoffrey I. Crouch Professor of Tourism Policy and Marketing La Trobe University, Australia and * J.R. Brent Ritchie Professorship in Tourism Management and Chair, World Tourism Education and Research Centre University of Calgary, Canada ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM An Elgar Research Collection Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA

2 Contents Acknowledgements An introduction by the editors appears in Volume I ix PART I PRICE COMPETITIVENESS AND DEMAND ELASTICITY 1. Peter Forsyth and Larry Dwyer (2009), 'Tourism Price Competitiveness', in Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa (eds), The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009: Managing in a Time of Turbulence, Chapter 1.6, Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, Carlos R. Azzoni and Tatiane A. de Menezes (2009), 'Cost Competitiveness of International Destinations', Annals of Tourism Research, 36 (4), October, Marie-Louise Mangion, Ramesh Durbarry and M. Thea Sinclair (2005), 'Tourism Competitiveness: Price and Quality', Tourism Economics, 11(1), Blair F. Stevens (1992), 'Price Value Perceptions of Travelers', Journal of Travel Research, 31 (2), Fall, 44-8 " Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), 'Price Competitiveness of Tourism Packages to Australia: Beyond the "Big Mac" Index', Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 5 (2), Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), 'Sectoral ^ Analysis of Destination Price Competitiveness: An International Comparison', Tourism Analysis, 5 (1), Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), 'The Price Competitiveness of Travel and Tourism: A Comparison of 19 Destinations', Tourism Management, 21 (1), February, Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2002), 'Destination Price Competitiveness: Exchange Rate Changes versus Domestic Inflation', Journal of Travel Research, 40 (3), February, Geoffrey I. Crouch (1992), 'Effect of Income and Price on International Tourism', Annals of Tourism Research, 19 (4), Geoffrey I. Crouch (1996), 'Demand Elasticities in International Marketing: A Meta-Analytical Application to Tourism', Journal of Business Research, 36 (2), June, Rob Lawson, Juergen Gnoth and Kerry Paulin (1995), 'Tourists' Awareness of Prices for Attractions and Activities', Journal of Travel Research, 34 (1), Summer,

3 12. Roland Craigwell and DeLisle Worrell (2008), 'The Competitiveness of Selected Caribbean Tourism Markets', Social " and Economic Studies, 57 (1), March, Pan-Long Tsai and Kuo-Liang Wang (1998), 'Competitiveness of International Tourism in Taiwan: US versus Japanese Visitors', Applied Economics, 30 (5), PART II SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS 14. Salah S. Hassan (2000), 'Determinants of Market Competitiveness in an Environmentally Sustainable Tourism Industry', Journal of Travel Research, 38 (3), February, J.R. Brent Ritchie and Geoffrey I. Crouch (2003), 'Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives: The Sustainable Destination', in The Competitive Destination: A Sustainable Tourism Perspective, Chapter 2, Part II, Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, Twan Huybers and Jeff Bennett (2003), 'Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-Based Tourism Destinations', Environmental and Resource Economics, 24 (3), Tanja Mihalic (2000),'Environmental Management of a Tourist Destination: A Factor of Tourism Competitiveness', Tourism Management, 21 (1), February, PART III CASE STUDIES OF TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS 18. Andreas Papatheodorou (2002), 'Exploring Competitiveness in Mediterranean Resorts', Tourism Economics, 8 (2), Anne-Marie d'hauteserre (2000), 'Lessons in Managed Destination Competitiveness: The Case of Foxwoods Casino Resort', Tourism % Management, 21(1), February, Douglas G. Pearce (1997), 'Competitive Destination Analysis in Southeast Asia', Journal of Travel Research, 35 (4), Spring, Zafar U. Ahmed and Franklin B. Krohn (1990), 'Reversing the United States' Declining Competitiveness in the Marketing of International Tourism: A Perspective on Future Policy', Journal of Travel Research, 29 (2), Fall, Michael J. Enright and James Newton (2005), 'Determinants of Tourism Destination Competitiveness in Asia Pacific: Comprehensiveness and Universality', Journal of Travel Research, 43 (4), May, Christel Botha, John L. Crompton and Seong-Seop Kim (1999), 'Developing a Revised Competitive Position for Sun/Lost City, South Africa', Journal of Travel Research, 37 (4), May,

4 24. Barbara A. Carmichael (2002), 'Global Competitiveness and Special Events in Cultural Tourism: The Example of the Barnes Exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto', Canadian Geographer, 46 (4), Winter, Chulwon Kim and Larry Dwyer (2003), 'Destination Competitiveness and Bilateral Tourism Flows Between Australia and Korea', Journal of Tourism Studies, 14 (2), December, Larry Dwyer, Zelko Livaic and Robert Mellor (2003), 'Competitiveness of Australia as a Tourist Destination', Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 10 (1), 60-78, reset Bill Faulkner, the late Martin Oppermann and Elizabeth Fredline (1999), 'Destination Competitiveness: An Exploratory Examination of South Australia's Core Attractions', Journal of Vacation Marketing, 5 (2), April, Metin Kozak (2003), 'Measuring Comparative Destination Performance: A Study in Spain and Turkey', Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 13 (3), Larry Dwyer, Nina Mistilis, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2001), 'International Price Competitiveness of Australia's MICE Industry', International Journal of Tourism Research, 3 (2), March/April, Antti J. Haahti (1986), 'Finland's Competitive Position as a Destination', Annals of Tourism Research, 13 (1), " Panisa Mechinda, Sirivan Serirat, Nongluck Popaijit, Aurathai Lertwannawit and Jirawat Anuwichanont (2010), 'The Relative Impact of Competitiveness Factors and Destination Equity on Tourist's Loyalty in Koh Chang, Thailand', International Business and Economics Research Journal, 9 (10), October, , Robertico Croes and Manuel Antonio Rivera (2010), 'Testing the Empirical Link Between Tourism and Competitiveness: Evidence from Puerto Rico', Tourism Economics, 16 (1), Cheng-Fei Lee and Brian King (2009), 'A Determination of Destination Competitiveness for Taiwan's Hot Springs Tourism Sector Using the Delphi Technique', Journal of Vacation Marketing, 15 (3), July, Jayoti Das and Cassandra E. DiRienzo (2009), 'Global Tourism Competitiveness and Freedom of the Press: A Nonlinear Relationship', Journal of Travel Research, 47 (4), May, Mark M. Miller, Tony L. Henthorne and Babu P. George (2008), 'The Competitiveness of the Cuban Tourism Industry in the Twenty-First Century: A Strategic Re-Evaluation', Journal of Travel Research, 46 (3), February,

5 36. Ozan Bahar and Metin Kozak (2007), 'Advancing Destination Competitiveness Research: Comparison Between Tourists and ~ Service Providers', Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 22(2), Enrique Claver-Cortes, Jose F. Molina-Azorin and Jorge Pereira- Moliner (2007), 'Competitiveness in Mass Tourism', Annals of Tourism Research, 34 (3), July, 727^5 547

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