Defining the Strategic Impact-Relation Map for the Innovative Investments Based on IT2 Fuzzy DEMATEL: Evidence From the European Tourism Sector

Literature Review

European tourism industry was examined by lots of different researchers for various purposes. First of all, performance evaluation of European tourism industry was investigated. In this framework, Estol and Font (2016) focused on the evaluation and the structure of European tourism policy. They defined that European countries develop tourism policies with the aim of increasing internal demand. Also, Koutroulis et al. (2018) aimed to evaluate summer tourism in Europe. In this context, the vulnerability of summer tourism in different European countries is examined. They concluded that 2 °C increase in global warming affects these countries differently. For example, Greece and Cyprus are affected from this situation less than other countries because they can adopt different climate much easily. Gössling (2015), Styles et al. (2015), Morote et al. (2017) and Gabarda-Mallorquí et al. (2017) defined that the efficient use of water resources increases the performance of European tourism industry.