This study aims to propose an index for measuring tourism destination competitiveness in the Caribbean Region. The application purpose is to fill the absence of Caribbean destinations in international rankings. Thirty three destinations and 27 indicators were considered, grouped into the 4 sub‐indexes of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. The application was based on Goal Programming and Data Envelopment Analysis. Four dimensional rankings and a global rank were established as a useful tool for policy makers. The results demonstrate the proposal's explanatory power and methodological improvements in building composite indicators to measure the competitiveness of destinations.

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加勒比地区旅行和旅游业竞争力指数的一种方法

这项研究旨在提出一个衡量加勒比地区旅游目的地竞争力的指数。申请的目的是填补国际排名中加勒比海目的地的缺失。考虑了33个目的地和27个指标，归类为旅行和旅游业竞争力指数的4个子指数。该应用程序基于目标编程和数据包络分析。建立了四个维度的排名和一个全球排名，作为政策制定者的有用工具。结果表明，该提案在建立综合指标以衡量目的地竞争力方面具有解释力和方法论上的改进。