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<p>The trend in development is going from slow withdrawal from mass tourism to a growing demand for small-scale local, customer-tailored travel experiences. The main question is balancing two main tourism development models: mass tourism connected to gambling, on the one hand, and customer-oriented local experience on the other. How should policymakers proceed in shaping the development of policies supporting both models? We discuss case studies proposed to build a qualitative multi-criteria decision model to evaluate the appropriateness of the development of new models encompassing the two mentioned. Therefore, the multi-criteria decision method DEX and the DEXi software tool are practical options for decision support in gambling tourism management. This study quickly analyses basic concepts of the DEX method and possible applications on actual life decisions and valuation problems.</p>
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The trend in development is going from slow withdrawal from mass tourism to a growing demand for small-scale local, customer-tailored travel experiences. The main question is balancing two main tourism development models: mass tourism connected to gambling, on the one hand, and customer-oriented local experience on the other. How should policymakers proceed in shaping the development of policies supporting both models? We discuss case studies proposed to build a qualitative multi-criteria decision model to evaluate the appropriateness of the development of new models encompassing the two mentioned. Therefore, the multi-criteria decision method DEX and the DEXi software tool are practical options for decision support in gambling tourism management. This study quickly analyses basic concepts of the DEX method and possible applications on actual life decisions and valuation problems.

Addressing Economic Fragmentation: Modelling Regional Gambling Tourism In The Context Of Social Fields Theory

Research in Social Change

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The trend in development is going from slow withdrawal from mass tourism to a growing demand for small-scale local, customer-tailored travel experiences. The...

Addressing Economic Fragmentation: Modelling Regional Gambling Tourism In The Context Of Social Fields Theory

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 20 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2021-0005

Keywords
gambling tourism, tourism development, fragmentation, multi-attribute hierarchical model, DEXi software

© 2021 Besednjak Valič and Džajić Uršič., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Addressing Economic Fragmentation: Modelling Regional Gambling Tourism In The Context Of Social Fields Theory

Article Category: Original Scientific Article

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 20 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2021-0005

Keywordsgambling tourism, tourism development, fragmentation, multi-attribute hierarchical model, DEXi software

© 2021 Besednjak Valič and Džajić Uršič., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
gambling tourism, tourism development, fragmentation, multi-attribute hierarchical model, DEXi software