Jurnal Kepariwisataan
Vol 9 No 1 (2010): Jurnal Kepariwisataan

DESTINATION BENCHMARKING AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Rahmawati, Putu Indah (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
17 Mar 2010

Abstract

Developing sustainable tourism which can help destinations to increase the ben­efits and minimize the risks of the tourism industry is still becoming a challenge for the tourism authorities in some countries. Destination benchmarking is one of the programmes that give further knowledge and skill about how to develop sustainable tourism. Therefore, this paper will discuss the benefits of destination benchmarking as an effective tool for sustainable tourism in terms of chance to learn from others, maintaining competitive performances and increasing tourist destination profitability. Hence, it is suggested that the destination authorities in Indonesia join the destination benchmarking programme in order to improve tour­ist destination performances and to develop sustainable tourism in Indonesia.

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Jurnal Kepariwisataan
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Abbrev

jpar

Publisher

Politeknik Pariwisata Bali

Subject

Arts Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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Journal of Tourism Studies (Jurnal Kepariwisataan/JPAR) is aimed to spread critical analysis from researchers and academic practitioners on various travel and tourism issues local, national and internationally. The writing is published after undergoing a peer-review process by providing an exclusive ...