This article considers the competitiveness of residential tourist destinations of the Spanish Mediterranean Sea, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, studied through the prism of Michael Porter's competitive advantage theory. The methodology applied in this study is based on the contrast...

According to Wagner's Law, to guarantee the needs of an increasing population, the levels of public expenditure have to grow of similar form to this variable. The analysis of the tourist residential destinations of the region of Alicante (Spain Mediterranean coastline) reveals that Wagner's Law...

Local festivities are a clear representation of the cultural tradition of a territory, which some research of tourism activity have incorporated, since many years ago already, within the catalogue of resources which serves as a base for the competitiveness of tourist spaces. The actual boom of...

El presente trabajo analiza el papel desempeñado por las Agencias de Desarrollo Local en las estrategias de recualificación de los destinos turísticos maduros de sol y playa del Mediterráneo español. A tal fin se examinan las acciones emprendidas por la Agencia de Desarrollo Local de Calp,...

La versión española de este artículo puede encontrarse en 'http://ssrn.com/abstract='2197369' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2197369.This paper considers the influence of business cycles and economic crises on Spain's tourism competitiveness. This competitiveness is measured by its share in world...

The English version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2201776' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2201776.En este trabajo se considera la influencia de los ciclos y las crisis económicas sobre la competitividad turística de España, medida a través de su cuota de participación en...

This paper considers the influence of business cycles and economic crises on tourism destinations competitiveness. This competitiveness is measured by its share in world tourism. Analyzing a period of forty years, the differential permanent or temporary effects that economic crises on...