LASISI, Taiwo Temitope, Samuel Amponsah ODEI and Kayode Kolawole ELUWOLE. Smart destination competitiveness: underscoring its impact on economic growth. JOURNAL OF TOURISM FUTURES. ENGLAND: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, 2024, 21 pp. ISSN 2055-5911. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JTF-09-2022-0243.
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Original name Smart destination competitiveness: underscoring its impact on economic growth
Authors LASISI, Taiwo Temitope, Samuel Amponsah ODEI and Kayode Kolawole ELUWOLE.
Edition JOURNAL OF TOURISM FUTURES, ENGLAND, EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, 2024, 2055-5911.
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Type of outcome Article in a journal
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 6.700 in 2022
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JTF-09-2022-0243
UT WoS 001016473300001
Keywords in English Tourism; Economic growth; Tourism competitiveness; Smart destination
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
PurposeThe current study is designed to investigate the factors that foster the framing of destination competitiveness and establish the factors that drive the contribution of tourism innovations to economic growth in smart tourism destinations.Design/methodology/approachA four-year panel data were extracted from the World Economic Forum's travel and tourism competitiveness index and data were analysed using Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood regression model.FindingsThe findings demonstrate that both the enabling environment and airport infrastructure significantly affect tourism's impact on the economy of the selected smart European tourism destinations. Conversely, human resources and general infrastructure display a negative correlation with tourism's contribution to the economy. However, no data in the sample support the idea that tourism policies, government prioritization or readiness of tourism information and communication technologies impact tourism's contribution to the economy. Additionally, the marginal effects indicate that improving the enabling environment and airport infrastructure can generate additional benefits for the economy through tourism.Originality/valueThe uniqueness of this study is the integration of smart tourism destinations with the measure of destination competitiveness to provide an empirical bridge that links tourism competitiveness to economic growth.
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