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Research note: Measuring tourism sustainability – an empirical comparison of different weighting procedures used in modelling composite indicators

This paper compares three different procedures for weighting sustainability indicators in the construction of composite indicators of tourism sustainability (TS). The case of Croatian coastal destinations is used. The particular weighting procedures are: (i) factor analysis (FA), (ii) expert panel survey and (iii) equal weights technique. As the results of this study reveal, weights attached to different sustainability indicators can differ significantly depending on the weighting procedure used. Accordingly, improper choice of weighting procedure could distort the relative importance of different sustainably indicators and thus result in imperfect decisions made by policymakers. The authors finally argue that the suitability of factor analysis as a weighting procedure in the construction of composite indicators of TS is rather questionable.

sustainability; tourism; weighting procedure; composite indicator

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