Comparison of Canada’s and USA tourism competitiveness

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Comparison of Canada’s and USA tourism competitiveness
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Methodology........................................................................................................................3
Comparison between USA and Canada tourism.................................................................4
Current strategies priorities..................................................................................................7
Discussion and recommendation.........................................................................................8
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Tourism and the travel sectors in the USA and Canada have been encountering
tremendous threats based on its operational conditions. Therefore, in order this industry to be
improved there is need for the institutions of various tools which will enable managers evaluate
the situation. These tools are essential during the process of finding out and evaluating the
current problems and formulating vivid data on how to improvise the current situation.
Consequently, this facilitates the harmonization of some essential shareholders within the tourist
destinations in Canada and the USA. Therefore, the most effective tools in assessing the present
situation are used in determining the competitiveness of the tourist sector (Akhoondnejad, 2015).
According to the world economic forum, identifying the significance of the current international
economies of Canada and the US will be pointed out in this paper based on various competitive
data of years in the travel and tourism competitiveness index.
Thus with the stated objectives of the Tourism and travel there is need to evaluate the
national levels through a comparative evaluation of current stakeholders in order to acquire
prospective strategic forwardness. Additionally, there exist a greater tourism and travel literature
concerning the sectors competitiveness although there should be precise enactment of certain
competitive structures of the micro tourism destinations within the Canadian and the US tourism
industry. Therefore, the main objective of the paper is by evaluating the competitiveness of two
countries which are the US and Canada tourism destinations (Lew, 2018). Consequently, the
main aim of the paper is creating a better competitive nature of the two countries, and evaluating

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the tourism sectors of the countries. Thus the technique and the methods employed for the
implementation of the topic is centered on the various competitive models which will be outlined
in the paper below. Additionally, the paper will assess the competitive nature of Canada and
USA through evaluating a thorough evaluation of the countries competitive nature (Xiao, 2010).
Canada and USA were specifically selected due to the close linkage of history about the
infrastructure and the tourist sector of the two countries.
Research Question: What are the main difference between Canada’s and USA competitiveness
of the tourism sector?
Methodology
Relating to the chosen destinations of the tourism sectors, competitive nature models
presented by Katircioglu (2009), which evaluated the two countries survey analysis specifically
carried out the competitiveness of Canada and USA. Therefore the exact tourism destinations
chosen were similar relating to the set indicators which apply. Thus as recommended a list of
indicators will be chosen of Canada’s and USA destinations will be selected. Thus the
commonest research approach instituted in this paper’s competitiveness structure is based on the
tourism visitor’s recommendations. Based on this scenario, a survey will be conducted based on
various observations from young tourism students and other senior members of the tourism
department. Consequently, about 130 questionnaires were used with 73 from America and about
57 from the Canadian tourism sector.