The Epistemological Values of Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index and Its Predictive Powers on Tourist Arrivals in Africa; PLS-Sem Approach

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ID21216664
AuthorsWeldearegay G HIYAB (Aksum University), Thowayeb H Hassan (0000-0003-0510-3730, King Faisal University), Mostafa A HASSANIN (0000-0001-7226-5954, King Faisal University), Muhanna Yousef Almakhayitah
Year2023
Volume49
Issue3
Pages1046-1055
Publication date2023-09-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2065-0817 • E-ISSN: 2065-1198
PublisherAsociatia de Geografie, Turism si Sport (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.30892/gtg.49320-1104
OpenAlexW4387070515
LanguageEN
References cited13

This study aimed to assess the explanatory power of the sub-indices and pillars of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index on ITA taking Africa as a case. The study extended the epistemological articulations and empirical values of the TTCI by introducing ITA as a dependent variable. It took WEF's 7 years report on TTCI of 29 African economies. Results show that the predictive powers of half of TTCI Sub-indices as formative indicators to ITA are weak and negative. Analogously, the collinearity, validity, and reliability issues of sub-indices were substantially not resolved. These findings have implied that the TTCI has to articulate its predictive bearing before it can be accepted as an epistemologically and practically relevant concept that prescribes policy issues especially on the course of diagnosing the African Tourism ecosystem

Collinearity · Economics · Epistemology · Formative assessment · Physics · Political science · Predictive power · Sociology · Statistics · Tourism · Computer Science · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Global Trade and Competitiveness · International Business and FDI · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy

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