Table 1 Factors used to analyze.

From: Measuring communities’ efficiencies within the global tourism network

Indicator (abbr.)

Instruction

Source

GDP

GDP (current US$) at purchaser’s prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products.

World Bank

GDP per capita (pGDP)

GDP per capita (current US$) is gross domestic product divided by midyear population.

World Bank

Total population (TP)

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

World Bank

Urban population (UP)

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices.

World Bank

Exports of goods and services (EGS)

Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world.

World Bank

Air passengers carried (APCA)

Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.

World Bank

Number of world heritage (WH)

Number of world heritage represents how many world heritages listed from UNESCO in the country,

UNESCO

Number of representative intangible cultural heritage (ICH)

Number of representative intangible cultural heritage represents how many intangible cultural heritages in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists of the country.

UNESCO

War and conflict (WC)

War and conflict mean the number war or conflict which cause death.

Wars in the World

Political violence and protest events (PVPE)

Political violence and protest events reported political violence and protest events around the world. There might be data duplication between this indicator and the previous one, necessitating de-duplication.

ACLED

Geographical proximity (GP)

Geographical proximity refers to the number of countries or regions within a community that shares borders with a certain country or region, including maritime adjacency, which needs to be within 1000 kilometers.

Calculated from Google Earth