In Search of Competitive Tourist Destinations: Research Methods

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	Regionalistica 2018 Volume 5 number 6 pages 127-134

Title of the article	In Search of Competitive Tourist Destinations: Research Methods
Pages	127-134
Author	Ukrainsky Vadim Nikolaevich Ph.D. in economics, research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract	The article describes the two main groups of methods that are used in assessing the competitiveness of tourist destinations by foreign researchers. The analysis made allows making the following conclusion: a truly comprehensive assessment of the competitiveness of spatial systems (including tourist destinations) should be based on a system of marketing research, only if necessary supplemented by an analysis of indices.
Code	332.1
DOI	10.14530/reg.2018.6.127
Keywords	tourist destination ♦ competitiveness ♦ indices of competitiveness ♦ marketing researches
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For citation	Ukrainsky V.N. In Search of Competitive Tourist Destinations: Research Methods. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2018. Vol. 5. No. 6. Pp. 127–134. DOI: 10.14530/reg.2018.6.127. (In Russian).
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