Metropolitan Tourism: Competition, Collaboration and Creativity
Metropolitan Tourism: Competition, Collaboration and Creativity
Volume 1,Number 1,Spring 2010 pp. 75-94(20)
Research Article
2010/03/01
Richards, Greg
This article identifies some of the major themes in the development of metropolitan tourism in Asia. Metropolitan regions bring together a wide range of functions and facilities which attract visitors, residents and investors, and they possess important assets with respect to tourism, including: critical mass; competitive advantage; culture; creativity; cosmopolitan atmosphere; city brand (marketing); competence (management) and collaboration. These factors are reviewed and some of the key interrelationships are outlined. In particular, the contribution of these different elements to the quality of life in cities is emphasized. In analyzing these different factors, attention is also paid to the relative position of Asian metropolitan centres in the global competitive environment. This analysis underlines the role of metropolitan tourism as one of the key tourism products for the twenty-first century. However, it also emphasizes many of the challenges of organization and management which are essential for Asian cities in benefiting from this developing market.
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