Participatory destination management and creative tourism: From co-production of tourism products to co-creation of experiences. Α reality and stakeholders' check for Thessaloniki, Greece.

2014

Mariani, M., Buhalis, D., Longhi, C., Vitouladiti, O., 2014, Managing change in tourism destinations: Key issues and current trends, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 2(4), pp.269–272 Mariani, M., Buhalis, D., Longhi, C., Vitouladiti, O.,2014, Managing change in tourism destinations: Key issues and current trends, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 2(4), pp.269–272 This conference communication illustrates the major outcomes emerging from the EIASM Conference on Tourism Management and Tourism Related Issues held in Nice (France), September 20–21, 2012. While a number of managerial issues pertaining to the tourism field were dealt with,this communication covers three specific areas of interest for destination management and marketing: (1) the increasing competition among tourism destinations and the rise and consolidation of BRIC countries as outbound travel markets; (2) the modification of the target markets for established tourism destinations; and (3) the increasing importance of collaboration and especially coopetition not on lywithina tourism destination but also among destinations. http://ow.ly/s5DBq

South Asian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, 2023

The book, Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development is a series of chapters that address a wide variety of research concerns with a particular focus on the role of performance and strategies at the destination and corporate levels, sustainability, and advances in management knowledge and practice in the quickly expanding tourism sector. The chapters in this book are the result of the collaboration of a team of international specialists. They present original research on tourism management from a range of theoretical perspectives, as well as from different epistemological paradigms and mixed research methodologies and procedures. The volume mixes strategy, performance, and sustainability issues as linked factors in a number of the cases explored. The book also emphasizes the importance of innovation as a corporate strategy for maximizing the benefits of the digital revolution in a quickly evolving business environment.

International Journal of Tourism Research, 2001

JETIR, 2019

In recent years, Destination Management become a mainstream factor in identifying successful development of a responsible and sustainable tourism management and its perspectives for better position in highly competitive tourism industry, they are not only representing a specific destination but are also striving to community development that bring long-term benefits such as attracting more visitors, increasing the economic gains, facilitating future marketing and product development decisions, and mainly contributing to sustainable development through improving product and service quality and managing different components of tourism over the destinations. This paper discusses the roles of destination management in responsible and sustainable tourism management and their structure in relation to regional development. The destination mix elements and networking among various stakeholders being presented. It is rapidly establishing itself as a tool for sustainable development and is working hard to strengthen the links between all tourism stakeholders directly or indirectly connected to the destination management.

This paper examines the different aspects of the tourism destination by investigating the relationship between local government authorities, destination management organizations, and destination auditors. It aims to describe the particular role of the destination audit, while acknowledging that destination management is an important component of tourism destination. A case study approach is adopted based on an Italian destination named Abruzzo Region. The analysis of this tourism destination has highlighted how some Italian tourism destinations are interpreting the destination audit concept to create specific organizations that are called " Osservatorio Turistico Regionale ". The first findings of this research suggest that the destination growth is influenced by different levels of complexity. The complexity is related to the large number of players, the influences between different sectors, the stakeholder relationship dynamics, and the interactions between different levels of governance. In this regard, the Osservatorio Turistico Regionale can represent a good tool for a comprehensive, systematic, and periodic data-elaboration in addition to reducing the tourism's complexity.

Destination management plays a crucial role in marketing, proper organization of tourist visits and fulfilment and exceeding of the visitors' expectations. Understanding the concept and models of destination management and applying those may eventually define the competitiveness of the destination. The understanding of the role of the Destination management organisations (DMOs) have shifted and expanded from exclusively marketing activities to the other fields. Most of the definitions related to destination management describe it as the process that includes decisions taken on different levels which ensure commercialisation of the incoming tourism. The flow shall be managed properly, in agreement with local service providers and residents (which are often excluded) and it shall be focused on satisfying the expectations of the tourists. Destination management allows destination to be managed and marketed also by providing platform for public-private partnerships. Destination management on any level (either performed by NTO, regional or local DMO) needs to be based on consensus-building among the stakeholders and strategic planning and management of destination in its totality, providing enough flexibility for adaptation to the changes in the environment. DM addresses marketing of the destination, delivery of superb services to tourist, but also ensures favourable conditions for development of products and tourism. The intention of this paper is to stress the importance of the destination management in the contemporary tourism and to emphasise the added value creation process. Beside the concept and models, the paper will explore and possibly give concrete proposals for the overall destination management of the specific location in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sustainable Development - Policy and Urban Development - Tourism, Life Science, Management and Environment, 2012