Market share as an indicator of competitiveness in tourist destinations: meaning and limitations

Authors

  • José F. Perles-Ribes
  • Ana B. Ramón-Rodríguez
  • Martín Sevilla-Jiménez
Keywords: Market share, tourism destinations competitiveness

Abstract

The market share is the most widely used indicator in the analysis of competitiveness in trade of goods and services. However, their use in tourism is subject to a widespread controversy, especially in those cases where goes together to the territorial analysis. This is because the goals of maximization of this variable by policy-makers, can lead to growth policies that jeopardize the economic and environmental sustainability of a resource-limited destinations. This paper discusses the use, validity and limitations of the market share as an indicator of competitiveness in tourism.

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Perles-Ribes, J. F., Ramón-Rodríguez, A. B., & Sevilla-Jiménez, M. (2014). Market share as an indicator of competitiveness in tourist destinations: meaning and limitations. Cuadernos de Turismo, (34), 265–285. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/203151
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