TRANSITION FROM INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORIES TO DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESS MODELS: A CONCEPTUAL EVALUATION

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The evaluation of the factors causing the competitiveness of international tourism within the scope of global trade theories will contribute to a better understanding of destination competitiveness models and their roots. In this context, the main purpose of study is to evaluate the relationship between international trade theories and the models of destination competitiveness that reveal the reasons of international trade and the reasons for the companies to turn to competitiveness and to contribute to the relevant knowledge. In other words, this study focuses on the process of transition from international trade theories to destination competitiveness models. Within the scope of the research, literature was searched on the subject, international trade theories and destination competitiveness models were discussed in detail and evaluated as a whole. It is concluded that there is a need for destination competitiveness models as a result of the contradictions between traditional and new approaches in international trade theories, besides it is understood that there is a relationship between international trade theories and destination competitiveness models in terms of focal points and the common benefits they offer.

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Destination , Destination Competitiveness , International Trade Theories

Abant Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Abant Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi