2018 marks a decade since the launch of the Adventure Tourism Development Index (ATDI), a global ranking of countries for adventure tourism competitiveness produced periodically by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and The George Washington University. The 2018 ATDI
Costa Rica: Competitiveness and Sustainable Tourism as Drivers of Social Development
During the tourism fair ITB 2018 in Berlin, Hendrik Wintjen met with the Tourism Minister of Costa Rica, Mauricio Ventura, head of the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (Costa Rican Tourism Board), in order to discuss market access and tourism development
Paradigm shift: From destination management to destination leadership
Tourism destinations: the challenge of ‘managing’ humans instead of things Especially in emerging tourism destinations, destination management structures are either non-existent, volatile or present little market orientation. There may not be a sufficient critical mass of tourism enterprises or visitors