Destination competitiveness from a tourist perspective: A case of the United Arab Emirates

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Yvette Reisinger, Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait
Noela Michael, Zayed University
John P. Hayes, Palm Beach Atlantic University

ORCID Identifiers

0000-0001-5029-0630

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

International Journal of Tourism Research

Publication Date

3-1-2019

Abstract

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The main purpose of this study is to determine the major factors that influence destination competitiveness from the tourist perspective. The focus is on tourism competitiveness of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A convenience sample of 218 international tourists was surveyed. A hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the effects of destination resources, infrastructure and support services, human resources, and business environment on the UAE tourism competitiveness. The results show that destination infrastructure and support services, followed by destination resources, had the highest significant effect on the UAE's tourism competitiveness as perceived by tourists.

DOI Link

10.1002/jtr.2259

ISSN

1099-2340

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Volume

21

Issue

2

First Page

259

Last Page

279

Disciplines

Tourism and Travel

Keywords

competitiveness, tourism destination, United Arab Emirates

Scopus ID

85058954397

Recommended Citation

Reisinger, Yvette; Michael, Noela; and Hayes, John P., "Destination competitiveness from a tourist perspective: A case of the United Arab Emirates" (2019). All Works. 1210.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1210

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no