Title: Elevating tourism destination competitiveness: a stakeholder-centric strategic intervention

Authors: Saurabh Gupta

Addresses: School of Management, O P Jindal University, Raighar, Chhattisgarh – 496109, India

Abstract: Tourism industry is a dynamic industry and competition is the driving force behind development and growth of tourism. Enhancing competitiveness of destination is important in terms of attracting and retaining tourists by standing out among other destinations. The study aims to identify the various determinants of tourism destination competitiveness enhancing strategic interventions (TDCESI). The five dimensions of TDCESI have been extracted through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis technique. The results of this study are helpful to researchers and policy makers in building strategic plan and identify success factors for the tourism destination development and competitiveness.

Keywords: tourism destination; destination competitiveness; strategic interventions; destination development; stakeholder.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTP.2025.145996

International Journal of Tourism Policy, 2025 Vol.15 No.2, pp.149 - 155

Received: 04 Jan 2024
Accepted: 18 Apr 2024
Published online: 01 May 2025 *

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