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L’internazionalizzazione dei tour operator. Un’indagine in Italia
Journal Title:  ECONOMIA E DIRITTO DEL TERZIARIO
Author/s: Clara Benevolo, Mario Grasso
Year: 2010 Issue: 2 Language: IT
Pages: 26 Fulltext PDF:629 KB
DOI: 10.3280/ED2010-002005
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Abstract:
Nell’ambito delle imprese turistiche, particolare interesse assume il comparto dei tour operator e, quindi, l’esame dei loro comportamenti strategici, con particolare riferimento ai processi di internazionalizzazione. L’articolo presenta i risultati di un’indagine diretta che ha avuto lo scopo di rispondere ai seguenti quesiti: quando le imprese turistiche e, in particolare, i tour operator possono essere definiti internazionalizzati? Quali sono i percorsi e le modalità utilizzabili per l’espansione all’estero e quali quelli adottati dai tour operator italiani? In particolare, l’indagine ha studiato se, ed in quale misura, i tour operator italiani, apparentemente internazionalizzati per la natura dell’attività svolta, siano orientati ad un’espansione sui mercati esteri. Il lavoro considera la tendenza dei tour operator all’internazionalizzazione rispetto alla clientela ed ai fornitori, la loro propensione agli investimenti all’estero, la commercializzazione all’estero e gli ostacoli incontrati in tale attività, l’importanza attribuita alla concorrenza delle imprese straniere sul territorio nazionale. Ne emerge un primo quadro sui processi di internazionalizzazione dei tour operator italiani ed alcune indicazioni prospettiche.

Within tourism industry, an important role is played by tour operators; it is consequently of major interest to investigate their strategic behaviour, with specific reference to their internationalisation processes. The article introduces the results of a survey which aimed to answer the following research questions: when can tourism firms - and especially tour operators - be considered truly internationalised? What internationalisation paths and modes are possible and which ones are used by the Italian tour operators? The survey has specifically investigated whether - and to what an extent - those Italian tour operators that apparently seem to be internationalised (due to the activities they perform) are actually oriented towards the growth in foreign markets. The research considers the tendency of tour operators towards the internationalisation, both on the customers and suppliers side; their propensity to foreign direct investments; their commercial presence in foreign markets, with the difficulties encountered; the importance they give to competition from foreign challengers in the Italian market. The result is a first outline of the internationalisation processes of Italian tour operators, together with some considerations about future perspectives.
 
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