This article proposes a model to measure tourism cluster impact on local development with a view to assessing
tourism cluster interaction, competitiveness and sustainability impacts on the economy, society and the
environment. The theoretical basis for this model is founded on cluster concept and typology adapting and
integrating the systemic competitiveness and sustainability concepts within economic, social, cultural,
environmental and political dimensions. The proposed model shows a holistic, multidisciplinary and multi-sector
view of local development brought back through a systemic approach to the concepts of competitiveness, social
equity and sustainability. Its results make possible strategic guidance to agents responsible for public sector
tourism policies, as well as the strategies for competitiveness, competition, cooperation and sustainability in
private companies and institutions.
