Smart destination competitiveness: underscoring its impact on economic growth

Purpose The current study is designed to investigate the factors that foster framing of destination competitiveness and establish drive contribution tourism innovations economic growth in smart destinations. Design/methodology/approach A four-year panel data were extracted from World Economic Forum's travel index analysed using Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood regression model. Findings findings demonstrate both enabling environment airport infrastructure significantly affect tourism's impact on economy selected European Conversely, human resources general display a negative correlation with economy. However, no sample support idea policies, government prioritization or readiness information communication technologies Additionally, marginal effects indicate improving can generate additional benefits for through tourism. Originality/value uniqueness this integration destinations measure provide an empirical bridge links growth.