Determinants of regional tourism competitiveness in Colombia.

ABSTRACT The main objective of this work is to establish the determinants of regional tourism competitiveness in Colombia for the period 2016-2019. Its interest focuses exclusively on the Colombian regions and departments. Through the STATIS methodology and using data from the Colombia Regional Tourism Competitiveness Index (ICTRC) of the Center for Tourism Thought of Colombia for a sample of 19 departments, it is concluded that the most influential variables in the levels of competitiveness are those related to social, economic, infrastructure and business areas