Perspectives on short break destinations and their contribution to local-regional economic development: a literature review

• Autores: Hamann, Antonieta, Hernani-Merino, Martin, Tarazona Vargas, Enver Gerald
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad ESAN
• Repositorio: ESAN-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.esan.edu.pe:20.500.12640/3324
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12640/3324; https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-235X2022000200207
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Short break; City break; Tourist destinations; Dimensions of a tourist destination; Corta estadía; Escapada urbana; Destinos turísticos; Dimensiones de un destino turístico; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.02.04

Globalization and changing lifestyles are generating new forms of tourism, including visits to short break destinations. The objective of this study is to propose a definition of short break destinations and to present the dimensions of the attractiveness of tourist destinations. The methodology consisted of reviewing the literature of 64 academic publications. The result shows the determinants that should be considered in the definition of short break destination and the following dimension are proposed: 1) naturals resources, 2) cultural and historical resources, 3) social factors, 4) tourist services and 5) infrastructure.