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Of routes and corridors: Challenges and opportunities for Silk Road destinations in the southern Caucasus
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Abstract Purpose: Under the title of Belt-and-Road-Initiative (BRI), China has launched a global development program, which spans many regions and sectors. Tourism initiatives in particular, can occupy an interlinking position between infrastructure and services, and between global and local projects. This p... view more
Purpose: Under the title of Belt-and-Road-Initiative (BRI), China has launched a global development program, which spans many regions and sectors. Tourism initiatives in particular, can occupy an interlinking position between infrastructure and services, and between global and local projects. This paper addresses the problem of the global-local link by critically examining a case at the southern Caucasus, as tourism is considered as a key industry for economic diversification in all three countries examined.
Methods: Based on a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach, the study is about critically investigating the current state of challenges and opportunities for tourism-induced, integrated regional development, with particular focus on potential obstacles for regional and national destination competitiveness.
Results: Results reveal that the BRI offers a basis for export-diversification in tourism and non-tourism economic sectors. Azerbaijan has the potential to integrate BRI activities into its local economic system but depends highly on the development of the Trans-Eurasian Corridor and the readiness of local entrepreneurs and institutions to support and extend development initiatives.
Implications: The implementation of the BRI offers a significant opportunity for many rural regions to proactively benefit from increasing tourism demand, by linking local initiatives and industries with tourism-related projects embedded in the BRI.... view less
Keywords
Azerbaijan; tourism; economic development (on national level); competitiveness; tourism sector; tourism policy
Classification
Leisure Research
Free Keywords
destination management; competitiveness; belt-and-road-initiative; new silk road; Azerbaijan
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 21-29
Journal
Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing, 6 (2020) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3835829
ISSN
2529-1947
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0