Determinants of tourism destination competitiveness in the countries most visited by international tourists: Proposal of a synthetic index

Tourism destination competitiveness is a multidimensional concept that is widely studied in the academic literature, but multiple factors make its measurement a difficult task. In this article, we design a synthetic index to rank the 80 countries that attract the majority of international tourists by level of tourism competitiveness. In order to do this, we use all of the simple variables included in the 2017 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index, proposing a new methodology for the construction of this synthetic index, which it solves the problems of aggregation of variables expressed in different measures, arbitrary weighting and duplicity of information; issues that remain unresolved by the TTCI. Likewise, we analyse the most influential dimensions in tourism competitiveness. Air transport infrastructures, cultural resources and ICT readiness are the key dimensions that explain the main disparities.Funding Agency Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness State Research Agency (SRA) European Union (EU) ECO2017-86822-Rinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Comprehensive evaluation of the tourism seasonality using a synthetic DP2 indicator

Tourism plays an important role in the economic development of several regions over the world. Imbalances in the activity levels throughout the year will condition the positive effects generated by the sector given that work stability and economic flows are dependent upon it. The measurement of seasonality based on indicators that are built using individual variables offers only a partial picture of the situation, or even contradictory results subject to which data were taken as a reference. This paper proposes a new system to measure seasonality. It is based on a DP2 synthetic indicator that includes both, supply and demand variables and is able to determine comprehensively how intense seasonality is. This method, which is replicable in any region, has been applied to the regions of Spain. It has been determined that the areas with a better annual stability are Madrid and the Canary Islands. This indicator also allows us to analyze the amount of information provided by each variable when constructing the indicator, as well as identifying the most relevant variables when explaining regional disparities.This research has been partially supported by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, the State Research Agency (SRA) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (project reference ECO2017-86822-R)

El tema del matrimonio en la versión ovidiana del mito de Procne y Filomela.

Uno de los episodios más siniestros de las Metamorfosis es posiblemente el que recrea el mito de Procne, Filomela y Tereo, pero, a la vez, el cuidado que puso el poeta en su composición lo convierte en uno de los más perfectos. Dos son los motivos básicos que parecen entretejerse en la trama: la ceguera de los mortales y la inversión de papeles que permite la posibilidad de castigar retributivamente a un agresor. La idea del castigo proporcional se expresa simbólicamente mediante una serie de complejos ecos intertextuales que atribuyen en la segunda parte de la historia a las hermanas vengadoras la conducta y los estados de mente que se atribuían al agresor en la primera, y viceversa. Esta serie de correspondencias, estudiadas por Anderson, Segal o Kaufhold en la estructura general del episodio, se examinan con detalle en este artículo en relación con el tema específ ico del matrimonio, uno de los motivos-clave en la trama

El proceso intersubjetivo de dare litteras.

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La financiacion publico-privada (PPP-PPI) como alternativa a la rehabilitacion del patrimonio del estado

En la actualidad, la administración española tiene pocos recursos económicos disponibles para la rehabilitación del patrimonio, para lo cual necesitarían una financiación externa, realizada por fondos privados. La Dirección Integrada de Proyecto (“Project Management“) aplicada al proceso constructivo es una Técnica Metodológica que ayuda a organizar, controlar y gestionar los recursos de los promotores dentro del proceso edificatorio. Cuando los recursos están limitados (que normalmente es la mayoría de las situaciones) gestionarlos de una manera eficiente se convierte en algo muy importante. La financiación público-privada es una forma de no consolidar la deuda dentro del balance de la Administración Pública, según los criterios del SEC-95 EUROSTAT que, transfiriendo dos riesgos de los tres citados a continuación al sector privado puede ser que no se consolide la deuda dentro del balance de la Administración. Los riesgos fundamentales son: - Riesgo de construcción - Riesgo de disponibilidad - Riesgo de demand

Health and safety in the construction : subject pending to be included in the curriculum of architecture in Spain

The art of construction is a risky activity that directly affects the life and physical integrity of persons. Since the approval of Law 31/1995, of November 8, Prevention of Occupational Risks was the first legislation that established the current basis in all sectors and then transposed into Spanish law Directive 92/57/CEE called Royal Decree 1627/1997 of October 24, on minimum safety and health dispositions in construction works, measures have been proposed to develop a mixed body of scientific literature composed of researchers and professionals in the field of occupational safety and health, but even today there is still no clear and firm proposal, showing a lack of awareness in the occupational risk prevention and, therefore, a consolidation of the culture of prevention in society. Therefore, the technicians, who make up the building process, can incur in very high responsibilities, such as: Author of the project, Coordinator of Safety and Health during the preparation of the project and during the execution of works, Site Management: Site Manager. This involves the immediate creation of a general training in prevention for all architects starting when still studying, as well as specific training, appropriate and complementary to all the architects that will be devoted to the specialty of occupational safety and health in construction works. That is, first, we must make the responsible bodies aware of the urgent need to integrate risk prevention in the curricula of architecture and later in the continuing education of the profession. It is necessary that our teaching must conform to the laws on safety and health, due to the fact that the law recognizes our academic degrees and professional qualifications to perform functions in that are

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for “Precipitation products from Cloud Physical Properties” (PPh-PGE14: PCPh v1.0 & CRPh v1.0)

SAF/NWC/CDOP2/INM/SCI/ATBD/14, Issue 1, Rev. 0This document is the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the PPh-PGE14 (Precipitation products from Cloud Physical Properties) belonging to the SAFNWC/MSG software. PGE14 generates two different products: Precipitating Clouds from Cloud Physical Properties (PCPh) and Convective Rainfall rate from Cloud Physical Properties (CRPh). The Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document describes the physics of the problem together with the mathematical description of the algorithm. It also provides information on the objectives, the needed input data and the outputs of the products

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for “Convective Rainfall Rate” (CRRPGE05v4.0)

SAF/NWC/CDOP2/INM/SCI/ATBD/05, Issue 4, Rev. 0This document is the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the MSG product PGE05 (CRR) of the SAFNWC/MSG software package. The Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document describes the physics of the problem together with the mathematical description of the algorithm. It also provides information on the product objectives, the needed input data and the output product

Validation Report for “Convective Rainfall Rate” (CRR-PGE05 v4.0)

SAF/NWC/CDOP2/INM/SCI/VR/12, Issue 1, Rev. 0The purpose of this document is to present the Scientific Validation Results for the version 4.0 of the PGE05 (Convective Rainfall Rate product belonging to the SAFNWC/MSG software). The main change of version 4.0 with respect to version 3.1.1 is that calibration matrices have been substituted by analytical functions although the physical base of the algorithm remains the same. Also, a tuning of the calibration analytical functions has been done against radar data.This document describes the validation methodology and the results obtained in order to test the CRR product value. Two different validation processes have been carried out: Convective Rainfall Rate product is thought to be used by forecasters. Results of an objective extended validation using 78 days with convective events occurred along the year 2008 over Spain are presented here