SourceDefinitions of a Tourism Destination
Hu and Ritchie (1993)A tourism destination is a package of tourism facilitates and services, which, like any other consumer product or service, is composed of a number of multi-dimensional attributes that together determine its attractiveness to a particular individual in a given choice situation.
Medlik (2012)Country, region, town or other areas visited by tourist.
Gunn (1994)A geographic area containing a critical mass of development that satisfies traveller objectives.
Leiper (1995)Destinations are places towards which people travel and where they choose to stay for a while in order to experience certain features or characteristics – a perceived attraction of some sort.
Buhalis (2000)Destinations are amalgams of tourism products, offering an integrated experience to consumers.
Murphy, Pritchard and Smith (2000)An amalgam of products and services available in one location that can draw tourists from beyond the destination's spatial confines.

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