Ranking of of Global Tourism Competitiveness Pillars: An Application of Best Worst Method

There are different patterns to measure the performance of competitiveness of tourist destinations. One of the most common is the one provided by World Economic Forum.  Tourism competitiveness index is measured based on four main components and 14 pillars, including Environmental Empowerment (Business Environment, Security and Safety, Health and Hygiene, Human Resources and Labor Market, ICT Readiness,) Policies (Prioritizsation of Travel and Tourism, International Openness, Price Competitiveness and Environmental Sustanability), Infrastructures (Air Transport Infrastructure, Ground an Port Infrastructure and Tourist Service Infrastructure) and Resources (Natural Resources, Cultural Resources and Bussines Travel)The ranking method applying by the World Economic Forum is  just simple averaging indicators  without  any weights, so by weighing the indicators, the pattern  can be improved. The aim of this study was to rerank countries applying multi-criteria decision-making methods where allocating weights to indicators are common. this research is an applied research in terms of objective while because of using a questionnaire for data collection, could be categorized as a survey research. To measure the importance of items, the opinions of eight knowledgeable experts in the field of tourism were gathered via the standard questionnaire and eventually the importance of each items was determined through GAMZ software. Finally, 14 criteria and 87 sub-criteria were ranked. The most important criteria order are tourism, Health and Hygiene, Air Transport Infrastructure, Security and Safety, International Openness, Tourist Service Infrastructure, Environmental Sustainability, Human Resources and Labor Market, ICT Readiness, Business Environment, Price Competitiveness, Natural Resources, Ground and Port Infrastructure and Cultural Resources and Bussines Travel.