TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating VSM and Network Analysis for Tourism Strategies – Case
T2 - Mexico and the Chinese Outbound Market
AU - Arenas, Tanya
AU - Martínez, Miguel Ángel
AU - Honggang, Xu
AU - Morales, Oswaldo
AU - Chávez, Mauricio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/6/15
Y1 - 2019/6/15
N2 - With China leading since 2012 global outbound travel, this paper introduces a Systemic Model for Chinese Outbound Market exemplifying with Mexico’s Case study, the seventh most visited country worldwide. Seeking to contribute increasing the applications of VSM, deepening its understanding and relevance stating proper functions integration to face Chinese Outbound Market leadership occurred in global tourism environment. First section of the manuscript introduces research objectives and gaps as well as document sources review discussion; second section details research design; third section covers proposed model and it’s functions’ operationalization, as well as network science analysis of information collected during an academical research stay on 2016 from Mexico National Polytechnic Institute to China Sun Yat Sen University Zhuhai Campus Tourism Faculty, and the Centrality measures found to confirm model pertinence.
AB - With China leading since 2012 global outbound travel, this paper introduces a Systemic Model for Chinese Outbound Market exemplifying with Mexico’s Case study, the seventh most visited country worldwide. Seeking to contribute increasing the applications of VSM, deepening its understanding and relevance stating proper functions integration to face Chinese Outbound Market leadership occurred in global tourism environment. First section of the manuscript introduces research objectives and gaps as well as document sources review discussion; second section details research design; third section covers proposed model and it’s functions’ operationalization, as well as network science analysis of information collected during an academical research stay on 2016 from Mexico National Polytechnic Institute to China Sun Yat Sen University Zhuhai Campus Tourism Faculty, and the Centrality measures found to confirm model pertinence.
KW - Chinese outbound market
KW - Mexican tourist supply
KW - Network science
KW - Tourism
KW - Viable system model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059837061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11213-018-9475-6
DO - 10.1007/s11213-018-9475-6
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1094-429X
VL - 32
SP - 315
EP - 333
JO - Systemic Practice and Action Research
JF - Systemic Practice and Action Research
IS - 3
ER -