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The tourist district model of competitiveness for economic development in local territorial

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  • Maurizio Lanfranchi

    (University of Messina, Department SEFISAST, Faculty of Economics, Italy)

  • Carlo Giannetto

    (University of Messina, Department SEFISAST, Faculty of Economics, Italy)

Abstract

Tourism has represented one of the major sources of balance of trade earnings for many years in the most developed countries. According to estimates by the World Tourism Organization (WTO), world tourism flows will grow by 4-5% annually over the coming years, reaching in 2020 an estimated number of 1.6 billion international arrivals, of which 378 million will be short haul international travellers. With the passage of time demand will become more diversified and this will lead to the spread of “new tourism”, the search for new products and increasingly diverse offers, characterised by organized local tourist systems. This paper underlines the importance of the tourist district model as a strategic tool for creating innovative processes of endogenous development in a highly globalized framework, moreover it tries to highlight the peculiarities of tourist districts and their importance in overcoming the major limitations of the distribution chain. Therefore, the birth of the tourism district represents an important opportunity for the promotion of tourism development of different local realities.

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  • Maurizio Lanfranchi & Carlo Giannetto, 2011. "The tourist district model of competitiveness for economic development in local territorial," The Annals of Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University. Economy, Commerce and Tourism Series, Faculty of Management in Tourism and Commerce Bucharest, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 3(1), pages 7-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:dcc:adcect:v:3:y:2011:i:1:p:7-15
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    1. Maurizio Lanfranchi & Carlo Giannetto, 2013. "The consumption of wine: a analysis of market conducted in Sicily," Romanian Statistical Review, Romanian Statistical Review, vol. 61(11), pages 21-31, December.
    2. Maurizio Lanfranchi & Carlo Giannetto & Angelina De Pascale, 2014. "Rural tourism: A kind of sustainable tourism in the face of global economic crisis," International Journal for Responsible Tourism, Fundatia Amfiteatru, vol. 3(2), pages 15-28, November.

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    Keywords

    local communities; local tourism system; organizational dimension; territory; tourist district;
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    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • P25 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

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