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Exploring Competitiveness in Mediterranean Resorts

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  • Andreas Papatheodorou

    (School of Management Studies for the Service Sector, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK)

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This paper examines competitiveness and efficiency issues related to destinations in the Mediterranean region. Following a detailed discussion on methodology, a hedonic analysis is performed, in which the price of holiday packages is regressed on a number of package characteristics and operator and location scaling factors. Those that are statistically significant among the latter are subsequently used in a second-step correlation framework, which aims to offer a valid interpretation of the observed price differentials among core and peripheral holiday destinations. On these grounds, a number of policy measures are finally discussed.

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  • Andreas Papatheodorou, 2002. "Exploring Competitiveness in Mediterranean Resorts," Tourism Economics, , vol. 8(2), pages 133-150, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:8:y:2002:i:2:p:133-150
    DOI: 10.5367/000000002101298034
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