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Title: Tourism Development and Competition in the Mediterranean Region
Authors: Dimitrios G. Lagos , Panagiotis Arsenos and Anthi Gousiou
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Dimitrios G. Lagos1 , Panagiotis Arsenos2 and Anthi Gousiou3 1. Professor Emeritus, Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, Greece 2. Professor of Financial Management, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of West Attica 3. PhD, Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, Greece
MLA 8 Lagos, Dimitrios G., et al. "Tourism Development and Competition in the Mediterranean Region." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 9, no. 11, Nov. 2024, pp. 5392-5407, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i11.028. Accessed Nov. 2024. APA 6 Lagos, D., Arsenos, P., & Gousiou, A. (2024, November). Tourism Development and Competition in the Mediterranean Region. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 9(11), 5392-5407. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i11.028 Chicago Lagos, Dimitrios G., Panagiotis Arsenos, and Anthi Gousiou. "Tourism Development and Competition in the Mediterranean Region." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 9, no. 11 (November 2024), 5392-5407. Accessed November, 2024. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i11.028.
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ABSTRACT: The Mediterranean is the world's most popular tourist destination, attracting a high concentration of tourists in absolute numbers since the 1950s. However, in terms of international arrivals, the share of Mediterranean tourism as a percentage of world tourism has been declining over time, due to the emergence of new destinations in other regions of the world that have competitive advantages. In the current socio-economic context, the challenge facing the Mediterranean tourism market is intense competition and the health, climate, and energy crisis. In this regard, upgrading, enriching, and diversifying the quality of the tourism product is an urgent necessity and is the strategic objective of all those involved in the tourism industry in order to turn the health, climate and energy crisis into a source of opportunities. This entails the development of a Mediterranean tourism policy framework that mobilizes the forces of tourism supply and demand in a safe way to overcome the current crisis and make the transition to the new normality. The aim of this paper is to examine in general terms the competitiveness of tourism activity among Mediterranean countries, as well as the impact of the health, climate, and energy crises on the Mediterranean tourism sector.

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