Examination of travel and tourism competitiveness contribution to national economy competitiveness of sub-Saharan Africa countries

The Coupling Coordination Relationship between Tourism Competitiveness and Economic Growth of Developing Countries

“…Secondly, in respect to the relationship from TC to EG, the influence of TC on economic competitiveness [14], tourism's contribution to EG [15] and tourism poverty reduction [26] have been examined in the tourism literature. However, no consensus has been made on whether or not the enhancement of TC will lead to EG.…”

“…As a comprehensive and systematic collection of data on destination competitiveness [36], TTCI is very effective in judging the strengths and weaknesses of a country's tourism development [37]. Therefore, the indicators and the results of the TTCI have been increasingly employed by scholars in evaluating destination competitiveness [12,14,15,19,[36][37][38][39][40].…”

“…The TTCI is the broadest measure of TC available up to now [25], and it can be regarded as a comprehensive and systematic index system of destination competitiveness [37]. Further, the indices and data of the TTCI have been used in recent studies, such as Webster and Ivanov [15], Krstic, Jovanovic, Jankovic-Milic and Stanisic [14], Das and Dirienzo [25], and Ivanov and Webster [19], to conduct the TC analysis of different countries.…”

“…Krstic, Jovanovic, Jankovic-Milic and Stanisic [14] used the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) as the indicator of TC and found that economic competitiveness was affected by TC in sub-Saharan Africa countries. However, the cross-section research of Webster and Ivanov involving 131 countries revealed that TC (also measured via TTCI) has no statistically significant influence on tourism's contribution to economic growth [15].…”

Tourism industry and national competitiveness: A sub-Saharan Africa countries perspective

“…Ayikoru (2015) analyses destination competitiveness challenges in the realisation of a country's tourism potential using Uganda as an exemplar. Krstić, Jovanović, Janković-Milić & Stanišić (2016) examine the T&T competitiveness contribution to the national economy competitiveness of sub-Saharan Africa countries. From a large body of these studies, it is possible to identify the great potential for development of the T&T sector in Africa, particularly in SSA region.…”