The UAE's tourism competitiveness: A business perspective

Michael, Noela; Reisinger, Yvette; Hayes, John P.

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2019.02.002

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“…Influencing Factors Items Factors of Socio-Cultural impact SCF_1 Drugs Addictions [113] SCF_2 Social Crime [114,115] SCF_3 Community Image [116] SCF_4 Infrastructure Development [116,117] SCF_5 Cultural Activities [118] SCF_6 Recreational opportunity [118,119] SCF_7 Business opportunities [120] SCF_8 Environmental damage or destruction [121,122] Factors…”

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The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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Typically, residents play a role in developing strategies and innovations in tourism. However, few studies have sought to understand the role of Islamic religiosity on the perceived socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism development in Pakistan. Previous studies focusing on socio-cultural impacts as perceived by local communities have applied various techniques to explain the relationships between selected variables. Circumstantially, the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique has gained little attention for measuring the religiosity factors affecting the perceived socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism. This investigation aims to address such limitations in this area of scientific knowledge by applying Smart PLS-SEM, developing an empirical approach, and implementing Smart-PLS software V-3.2.8. The proposed tourism model predicts the effects of the religiosity level on the perceived socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism development. In this study, we examine the relationships among religious commitments, religious practice, and religious belief and the socio-cultural effects of sustainable tourism. Our research identifies influential factors through an extensive literature review on communities’ religiosity and the socio-cultural impacts of developing sustainable tourism. We examine and analyze data based on 508 residents’ responses. The findings reveal an R² value of 0.841, suggesting three exogenous latent constructs, which collectively elucidate 84.10% of the variance in the perceived socio-cultural impact of sustainable tourism. The findings reveal that religious respondents with a higher religiosity level have a positive attitude towards developing sustainable tourism. These findings are helpful to understand the dynamics of communities’ perceptions, behaviors, quality of life, cultural aspects, and religiosity factors affecting sustainable tourism in Pakistan. This study is novel in the context of Pakistani cultural and social norms, and this study’s implications may provide further direction for researching and developing sustainable tourism in the northern regions of Pakistan.

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The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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“…Some studies analyzed general factors that affect tourism competitiveness [26][27][28][29], while others assessed the effect of specific factors such as the evolution of tourist inflows [30]; globalization [31]; tourism's contribution to economic growth [32]; corruption [33]; air transportation [34]; the competitiveness of international hotel firms [35]; regional systems of innovation [36] or sustainability, which is the focus of our work [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44].…”

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Sustainability as a Key Factor in Tourism Competitiveness: A Global Analysis

Rodríguez‐Díaz

Fernández

2019

Sustainability

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The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between sustainability and tourism competitiveness and potential differences in these parameters between geographical regions. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) of the World Economic Forum is most commonly used to measure tourism competitiveness, however, this index has been criticized by some academics. We propose a synthetic indicator (I mα ) using the multicriteria double reference point method, which can measure tourism competitiveness more accurately by applying different degrees of substitutability among pillars. The Sustainable Development Index (SDG Index) frames the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and was used to analyze sustainability data. The new tourism competitiveness index (I mα ) was obtained at both the global and regional level. It is important to note that some countries have a different ranking in the regional and global tourism competitiveness indexes, which shows a different behaviors among regions. The relationship between sustainability and tourism competitiveness is positive in all the analyses performed, though it is stronger when calculated without allowing substitutability, especially when considering the regional index. These trends show the value of this regional study of tourism competitiveness, because in addition to helping managers develop strategies to improve tourism competitiveness, it allows them to know the effect that these strategies will have on sustainability.

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“…The contribution and benefits of the travel and tourism industry to the world economy is very significant, as tourism competitiveness is a growing topic in tourism studies. In a broad view, competitiveness is a construct that includes the concepts of sustainability, productivity and quality of life to local citizens (Porter, 1990;Michael, Reisinger, & Hayes, 2019).…”

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Impacts of mega-events on competitiveness and corruption perception in South American countries

Ruiz

Chim-Miki

Añaña

et al. 2020

TMS

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Tourism destination competitiveness is a multidimensional concept that is widely studied in the academic literature. The corruption affects countries' business environment, generating negative image and barriers, so hindering its' ability to compete as a global player. This paper analyses this relation in the tourism industry in a sample of South American countries through a comparison within a five-year period based on the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) with the variation of Corruption Perception Index (CPI). An exploratory analysis to verify the upward and downward in these monitors was performed. The relation between TTCI and CPI was verified by a regression analysis. This research contributes directly to addressing a topic rarely explored in the tourism area, the influence of corruption perception in destination competitiveness. The results confirm that corruption perception impacts on tourism competitiveness of countries, but in presence of strong sources of tourism attractiveness, such as Mega events, this relation was reduced.

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The UAE's tourism competitiveness: A business perspective

Cited by 63 publications

References 43 publications

The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Sustainability as a Key Factor in Tourism Competitiveness: A Global Analysis

Impacts of mega-events on competitiveness and corruption perception in South American countries

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