Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: SGOURO MELISIDOU Author-Name: ATHENA PAPAGEORGIOU Author-Name: DIMITRIOS PAPAYIANNIS Author-Name: STELIOS VARVARESSOS Author-Email: info@dratte.gr Author-Workplace-Name: TEI of Athens, Greece Title: TOURISM CLUSTERS AS A POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Abstract: The spatial expansion of tourism and the growing diversification of this activity in the world create opportunities for countries, regions and communities to seek to bring about their development... Classification-JEL: Z32 Keywords: TOURISM CLUSTERS, COMPETIVENESS, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY Journal: Journal of Tourism Research Pages: 218-232 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Year: 2014 Month: December File-URL: http://indexing.jotr.eu/Jotr/Volume9/V9-13.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle:RePEc:jtr:journl:v:9:y:2014:i:1:p:218-232