Geographies of tourism development and planning

Saarinen, Jarkko; Rogerson, Christian M.; Hall, C. Michael

doi:10.4324/9781315083742-1

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“…The subject of tourism' spatial distribution and its territorial dynamics has been largely approached in the scientific literature (Saarinen et al, 2017;Sarrion-Gavilan et al, 2015;Yang & Wong, 2013;Luo & Yang, 2013). It gained a certain appeal for policy-makers, given the fact that the level of concentration/dispersion of tourism activities is directly related to the impact those activities have or may have on the territory (Cornelissen, 2005).…”

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“…This relationship owns its origins to the fact that in many contexts, tourism is perceived and approached as an economic solution when other resources are missing or when main economic activities tend to decline in importance (Boujrouf et al, 1998;Ibănescu, 2015). The spatial dimension is of central importance in tourismrelated policies since the nature and potentialities of a territory influence the evolution of tourism activities within and represent essential factors in establishing development priorities (Iatu & Bulai, 2011;Saarinen et al, 2017).…”

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Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

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Iaţu²,

Eva³

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The potential role of tourism in enhancing a balanced territorial development is officially acknowledged by the EU. However, little is known regarding the extent to which tourism in Romania contributes or could contribute to reducing regional inequalities. The present study approaches the matter of the growth of tourism demand and supply in relation to the type of territory (lagging, intermediary, leading), at both regional and local levels. The results indicate a significant geographical concentration of tourism activity, despite a noticeable diffusion of tourism across the country in the last decades. This derives from the fact that the leading territories, which already took the lion's share of the tourism supply and demand also retain the highest part of the increases in tourism demand. As a consequence, tourism sector stands out more as a factor that can increase territorial disparities than contribute to their reduction. However, a considerable potential for tourism growth in terms of tourism supply characterizes the lagging regions. Accordingly, differentiated tourism public policies related to the type of territory could be considered.

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Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

Cehan¹,

Iaţu²,

Eva³

et al. 2019

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“…Other research has highlighted the economic risks of single market focus strategies, also due to tourism research gaps in understanding such markets [21]. Proper tourism planning is essential [22], avoiding inappropriate and unresearched strategies [23,24], while using proven methods that have been transformed due to SNSs and big data use for research. Hall [25] pointedly remarks, 'Theory-based interventions, facilities and understanding of what works across different behaviours, contexts, geographical regions and populations' are essential'.…”

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Tourism Information Diffusion through SNSs: A Theoretical Investigation

2020

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Social networking sites (SNSs) are known to have a role in promoting tourism and influencing how it is marketed to consumers, but there seems to be few deep analyses of SNS’s efficacy in tourists’ decision making and destination promotion. To address this, we present Tourism Information Diffusion Ecosystem (TIDE), a novel theoretical framework to help understand this system of tourism SNS information diffusion. TIDE defines who participates in the system, what roles participants play in distributing tourist information contained within user-generated content, how content within a network is distributed, and if this user-generated information, once diffused, has been transferred into tourists’ visiting actions, and the reasons why these actions have been generated. We discovered user typologies and the powerful characteristics of this network structure to be important factors affecting visiting actions in choosing particular tourist destinations.

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“…Adamo (2019) stresses the significance of planning in the context of peripheral tourism spaces. The nexus of tourism and placebased development thinking in the global South and of the role of local governments is only beginning to be explored across international tourism scholarship with most work undertaken by geographers (Adu-Ampong, 2016;Saarinen et al, 2017;Rogerson, 2019b).…”

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Using Municipal Tourism Assets for Leveraging Local Economic Development in South Africa

Rogerson

2020

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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AbstractTourism development can be a vital component of place-based development initiatives in the global South. The nexus of tourism and place-based development thinking in the global South and of the role of local governments is only beginning to be investigated by tourism scholars. This article explores the record of using tourism assets in one South African local municipality for leveraging local economic development. Evidence is drawn from the experience of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. The research results point to an unimpressive record on the part of local government in directing the use of local assets for assisting tourism development. Several challenges are revealed to explain the underperformance of potentially valuable local assets in this municipality. Institutional and governance shortcomings, including widespread corruption, underpin the observed weaknesses both in the everyday workings of local government in relation to service delivery and infrastructure support as well as its inability to implement plans for local economic development. Well-meaning policies proposed for tourism development are not implemented variously for reasons of funding, lack of local support, lack of entrepreneurialism by the municipality and lack of ability to implement because of capacity issues. Potential state assets which could bolster tourism and local development outcomes are not being realized and in many cases the assets themselves are in a state of deterioration because of neglect.

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Geographies of tourism development and planning

Cited by 16 publications

References 61 publications

Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

Tourism Information Diffusion through SNSs: A Theoretical Investigation

Using Municipal Tourism Assets for Leveraging Local Economic Development in South Africa

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