Dinamismo económico del turismo a escala local. Una aproximación a través del análisis de clases latentes

Abstract

Until a few years ago, the destination was relegated from the scientific literature to the role of mere container of tourism. However, during the last decade, it begins to assume the importance of the destination in the decision-making tourist and meeting their needs and expectations, leading to the need for active management of such territories. Furthermore, the continued growth of tourism demand encourages a growing number of territories to value their resources and attractive position and get or increase market share in the tourism business. This generates increased competition between destinations which, again, involves the need for active management of tourist destinations. In this article is evidenced the importance of analyzing the economic dynamism of tourism as a tool for segmenting destinations, which make it easier for policymakers and managers destinations to adopt measures of tourism policy and management differentiated according to the level more or less advanced in each territory.