Politics and Tourism Destination Development: The Evolution of Power

Bowen, David; Zubair, Shahida; Altınay, Levent

doi:10.1177/0047287516666719

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“…Policymaking often operates in silos, with decision makers in different government departments and different industries focusing on the resources and outputs for which they are directly accountable and without reference to the wider impacts of their actions in areas not directly under their responsibility (Bowen et al, 2017). The Better Life well-being framework can form the basis for the accountability procedures and feedback, articulating trade-offs between policy outcomes and enhancing dialogue and cooperation (Durand & Exton, 2019).…”

Section: Beyond Silosmentioning

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Tourism development and sustainable well-being: a Beyond GDP perspective

Dwyer

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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The Beyond GDP approach to development is gaining widespread support from policy makers and researchers worldwide. While not formulated specifically for tourism activity, the approach serves as a guide to measuring the current and future well-being of destination residents associated with tourism development. Inspired by the Beyond GDP approach, a framework comprising the main dimensions of well-being is argued to provide valuable input into an action agenda to achieve sustainable tourism development. The paper discusses some key responsibilities of tourism industry stakeholders structured according to several different senses of 'beyond' that characterise the Beyond GDP research agenda. The paper concludes that research on destination tourism development can learn much from the Beyond GDP approach in respect of conceptual advance, industry practice and policy implementation.

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Section: Beyond Silosmentioning

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Tourism development and sustainable well-being: a Beyond GDP perspective

Dwyer

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…In these studies, power has been conceptualized as relational, transitive and intransitive (Church & Coles, 2007). The latter conceptualization of power informs the plethora of tourism research on stakeholder collaboration and participation in both developed destinations and less developed ones, although the former are the overwhelmingly dominant contributors to the literature (Canavan, 2016;Bowen, Zubair & Altinay, 2016). Particularly, scant attention has been paid in the literature to the power structure and tourism governance in non-Western communities, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (Mowforth and Munt, 2009;Dieke, 2000;Pearce, Moscardo & Ross, 1996;Sofield, 2003;Singh, Timothy & Dowling, 2003).…”

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Tourism as an exercise in three-dimensional power: Evidence from Ghana

Yankholmes

2018

Tourism Management Perspectives

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This study uses Lukes' (2005) three-dimensional power to explore the ability of traditional chiefs to influence slavery-based heritage tourism decisions. Traditional chiefs of five former slave communities in Ghana were in-depth interviewed about their efforts to harness community development through tourism and perceived influence in tourism decision-making process. Results indicated that despite being guardians of tourism resources, traditional chiefs perceive themselves to be powerless in affecting management decisions because of governmental control of local community institutions. They, however, exert considerable influence on tourism activities by either avoiding engagement or acting as community vanguards to discredit the interests of other stakeholders. Interview data support the theoretical tenets of Lukes' (2005) three-dimensional view of power, and the need to pursue cooperative tourism planning is discussed.

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“…The complexity of destinations, their development, planning, marketing and management is an issue that has fascinated researchers for some time and substantial literature has emerged that examines elements of destinations (Bowen, Zubair & Altinay, 2017). For example, destination planning and development of facilities has been researched by Ness, Aarstad, Haughland and Gronseth (2013) who explored the content of network connections between destinations, (referred to as bridge ties), and how such ties assist destination development.…”

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Core and Peripheral Experiences: Incidental, Accidental or Intentional

Cassidy¹,

Hume²

2018

JTHM

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Recent tourism research identified some challenges for the future of the sector. Of principal concern was the increasing importance of collaboration and especially coopetition not only within a tourism destination but also among destinations to ensure growth and survival within the sector within regions (Mariani, Buhalis, Longhi, & Vitouladiti, 2014). This paper aims to update this discussion by elaborating the definition and meaning of core and peripheral tourism destinations to inform the design of the user experience in destination management, the marketing communications of tourism destinations and the collaboration and coopetition in destination management. Redefining the tourism product and better understanding the customer"s perceptions of core and peripheral experiences, how they choose and bundle them can inform how the collaboration of providers at destinations can contribute to overcoming challenges and create regional opportunity and growth and promote destination choice. This paper examined in depth the ethnography of twenty-one travellers based in Brisbane (Qld. Australia). Each participant was interviewed to gain their responses to questions about their demographic profile, their destination choice, travel group type, what they enjoyed at the destination, their motivation for choosing their destination and the experience sought together with how they obtained their information.

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Politics and Tourism Destination Development: The Evolution of Power

Cited by 41 publications

References 79 publications

Tourism development and sustainable well-being: a Beyond GDP perspective

Tourism development and sustainable well-being: a Beyond GDP perspective

Tourism as an exercise in three-dimensional power: Evidence from Ghana

Core and Peripheral Experiences: Incidental, Accidental or Intentional

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