Cooperation among prominent actors in a tourist destination
Journal
Annals of Tourism Research
ISSN
0160-7383
ISSN-Digital
1873-7722
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-04
Author(s)
Abstract
Cooperative behavior in tourism destination communities is a condition for sustainable planning and development. However, evidence is lacking on how actors choose to cooperate. Previous research in institutions, organizations, and communities show that formal, contract-based as well as informal, relation-based cooperation occur jointly or in substitution, depending on the context and the subject of research. However, neither the approaches nor their underlying dimensions have been tested for the reality of tourist destination communities. For a European Alpine tourism destination the results show that only relation-based items, in combination with communication variables, strongly positively influence cooperative behavior. The paper suggests a series of implications for tourism destination planning and concludes with indications for further research.
Language
English
Keywords
contract-based cooperation
relation-based cooperation
social network analysis
tourism destination
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Publisher place
Amsterdam
Volume
38
Number
2
Start page
607
End page
629
Pages
23
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
208067