DEA, incepted in 80s, has emerged as a popular decision-making technique, for
determining the efficiency of similar units. Due to its simplicity and applicability, DEA has …

In the context of integrating culture and tourism, world heritage tourism research has
become a focus in tourism research in recent years. There are increasing discussions in …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

The current study addresses several concerns regarding World Heritage Sites (WHSs) in
developing countries. Using a novel super-efficiency parallel framework, this research firstly …

Purpose Digitalization had a relevant impact on the cultural tourism sector, both demand
and supply. If, on the one hand, advances in digital technologies provided tourists with new …

This study addresses the conceptualization of food image and examines the role food and
cuisine play in the formation of destination brand image. By tracing the destination branding …

This paper contributes a weighted composite indicator of competitiveness for 136 world
tourist destinations. To that end, Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria-Decision …

The special issue aims at exploring, with an economic perspective, the interconnections
between cultural participation, in all its expressions, and tourism organization and patterns …

This paper aims at investigating whether the inscriptions in the UNESCO World Heritage List
(WHL) sites influence tourism attractiveness. An empirical analysis, based on dynamic panel …

This research assesses and explores the dimensionality of tourist experiences based on
their visits to cultural and creative industries parks (CCIPs). This study used in-depth …