Culture and heritage tourism – destination competitiveness and regional clusters review

The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)

As a novel idea for discussion on the role of industrial development on regional development, the term “cluster” became noteworthy since 90’s in order to increase competitiveness. Territorial development researchers believe that formation of regional industrial clusters improves competitiveness and plays a role in promoting competitive advantages and regional development. Hence, because of the ...

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Regional Competitiveness of Tourism Cluster : A Conceptual Model Proposal

Tourism is characterized for being a sector that has been highlighted as one of the activities with greatest potential for expansion on a global scale. For its growth potential and for being a product that can only be consumed in loco, tourism accepts the prominence role of being a strategy for local development. In this context the search for competitiveness is one of the key concerns of compa...

Color Imagery for Destination Recommendation in Regional Tourism

This paper presents a novel recommender service system that considers the image as a uniform representation for tourists’ expectations, destinations, and local tourism SMEs. Images carried by each stakeholder role is modeled and managed by several system modules, and they also evolve to reflect the real time situations of each entity. In addition, the system is dynamic in terms of its emphasis ...

Logistics-Intensive Clusters: Global Competitiveness and Regional Growth

Logistics intensive clusters are agglomerations of several types of firms and operations: (1) firms providing logistics services, such as 3PLs, transportation, warehousing and forwarders, (2) the logistics operations of industrial firms, such as the distribution operations of retailers, manufacturers (in many cases after-market parts) and distributors and (3) the operations of companies for who...