Composite indicator for the assessment of sustainability: The case of Cuban nature-based tourism destinations |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Mathematics for Economics, University of Valencia, Campus dels Tarongers, 46022 Valencia, Spain;2. Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics), University of Malaga, Campus El Ejido, 29071 Málaga, Spain;3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a methodology for building a composite indicator to evaluate the sustainability of nature-based tourism destinations. It combines Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the distance to a reference point, and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with the aim of addressing some of the objections related to the aggregation procedure. The synthetic index obtained is based on a representative series of sub-indicators of the concept of sustainable tourist development as outlined by the World Tourism Organization (WTO). We apply it to evaluate Cuban nature-based tourism destinations. The results identify the strengths and weaknesses of destinations according to sustainability, and serve as a guideline for tourism planning in the future. |
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