How Tourism Destinations Evolve: The Notion of Tourism Local Innovation System

Prats, Lluís Batlle i; Guía, Jaume; Molina, Francesc-Xavier

doi:10.1057/thr.2008.24

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“…Environments with many loosely coupled links and alliances were found to promote innovative activity, especially. Novelli et al (2006) and Prats et al (2008) analyse the tourist sector from a cluster perspective and demonstrate the usefulness of the concepts of regional innovation systems.…”

Section: Theory Of Innovation Systemsmentioning

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Regional Innovation Systems: The Case of Angling Tourism

Hjalager

2010

Tourism Geographies

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For more than two decades, the 'innovation systems approach' has been a favoured framework for micro-economic research in new institutional economics in many Western countries. The concept allows for a better understanding of the complex driving forces and mechanisms that mediate the conditions, the extent and the outcomes of innovative behaviour. However, the ideas behind 'national', 'regional' and 'sectoral' innovation systems remain to be tested in tourism.With environmental protection and tourism development as objectives, the Sea Trout Funen initiative started in 1989 as a collaboration between the county council, the Anglers' Association, tourism businesses and a hatching plant. The activities merit the label 'tourism innovation system', first, because there are stable relations between a large number of actors from the public, voluntary and business sectors with intermittent links to educational institutions. Secondly, the relationship has proven to be mutually beneficial and synergetic. Thirdly, examples are found of consequential innovations in terms of products and services for tourists, in terms of environmental protection and development methods and in terms of the development of human resources. Fourthly, the innovation system has been able to benefit distinctly and positively from external opportunities, such as new regulations. Résumé: Systèmes d'innovation régionaux: la pêcheà la ligne au DanemarkOn a favorisé, depuis plus de vingt ans, l'approche de systèmes innovants dans la recherche microéconomique des institutions qui enseignent l'économie dans beaucoup de pays occidentaux. Le concept permet de mieux comprendre les forces et les mécanismes complexes qui contrôlent les conditions, l'étendue et les résultats d'une démarche innovante. On doit cependant encore tester les idées en matière de systèmes d'innovation au niveau national, régional et sectoriel en tourisme. L'initiative Sea Trout Funen fut lancée en 1989 avec comme objectifs de protéger l'environnement et de développer le tourisme. Il s'agit d'une collaboration entre la mairie, l'association de pêcheurs a la ligne, les entreprises de tourisme et un centre d'incubation. Leurs activités méritent le label de système innovant en tourisme, d'abord parce que les relations entre un grand nombre d'acteurs, qu'ils soient fonctionnaires, volontaires ou entrepreneurs, sont stables, ainsi que les liens intermittents avec les institutions d'enseignement. Ensuite, la relation est mutuellement bénéfique et synergique. Troisièmement, on trouve des exemples d'innovations successives dans les produits et Regional Innovation Systems: Angling Tourism 193 les services offerts aux touristes, du point de vue de la protection de l'environnement et de méthodes de croissanceéconomique ainsi que pour le développement des ressources humaines. Finalement le système d'innovation a grandement bénéficié de façon positive d'opportunités externes telle qu'une nouvelle réglementation. Zusammenfassung: Regionale Innovationssysteme: Der Fall Angeltourismus in Dänemark Seit...

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Section: Theory Of Innovation Systemsmentioning

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Regional Innovation Systems: The Case of Angling Tourism

Hjalager

2010

Tourism Geographies

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“…There is a perception that a destination's competitive advantage depends on the dynamic level of its agencies, as well as on the coordination of different actors and administrations (Aguiló et al, 2005). In this line, we can find, at the Spanish level, several studies analysing knowledge transmission within tourism clusters (Alvarez & Gonzalez, 2008), the dynamics of the relationships between public and private levels (Merinero, 2008) or the role that tourism clusters play when innovating and improving their competitiveness (Alvarez & Gonzalez, 2006;Prats et al, 2008), but there has not been found any study that quantifies the benefits of the cluster effect.…”

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The Effects of Localization on Economic Performance: Analysis of Spanish Tourism Clusters

Segarra‐Oña

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Peiró-Signes

et al. 2012

European Planning Studies

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The sun, sea and sand model that has characterized the Spanish tourism sector and has caused Spain's tourist sector to become a world-class industry is actually undergoing drastic changes. This model is based on the existence of major tourism destinations characterized by high levels of industry specialisation, which makes them a target of analysis as tourism clusters in which the geographic concentration of synergies reinforces the competitive position. In this study, Spanish tourism clusters are identified using quantitative methods and the current validity of the economies of location that have made them possible are also analysed. Although all the identified clusters can be defined as mature and became less significant during the last decade in Spanish tourism, according to the results the creation of externalities measured in terms of higher generation of profit is higher in companies belonging to the tourism clusters than in those outside of them.

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“…However, in order to provide an experience for the visitor, a destination is also about a series of interactions and inter-and intra-relationships between the place and stakeholders and between stakeholders themselves. It may exhibit a number of characteristics of industrial districts (Hjalager, 2000), territorial and social capital may be considered, or it may be considered as a Tourism Local Innovation System -TLIS (Prat, Guia and Molina, 2008).…”

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Students in action: a destination-based learning approach to student engagement

Craggs¹,

Gorman²,

Griffin³

et al. 2017

Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism

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Cognisant of the importance of student engagement in education being an international concern, this chapter outlines a project to enhance student engagement undertaken at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland. The 'Students in Action Project' involved students from a range of programmes and modules in the School of Hospitality and Tourism working with the local community and businesses of two tourism destinations: Slane, Co. Meath and Drogheda, Co. Louth in Ireland. The aim was to involve students in an active collaborative learning environment using a destination-based approach to define the parameters of engagement and collaboration and identify ways in which tourism and hospitality within the destination could be enhanced. In contrast to many previous studies on student engagement, the destination-based approach takes a more holistic view by including local industry, industry groups as well as civic and broader community members as key components of the destination. This chapter outlines the motivations underpinning the project, the process involved, and reflects on the benefits, limitations and lessons learnt. Outcomes beyond those intended arose from engaging with stakeholders outside the educational institution. The project has been a steep learning-curve for all, and on-going planning, negotiation and reflection are essential to the process. Fundamentally, all participants -staff, students and destination stakeholders -agreed that the rich outputs justified the effort involved.

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How Tourism Destinations Evolve: The Notion of Tourism Local Innovation System

Cited by 55 publications

References 10 publications

Regional Innovation Systems: The Case of Angling Tourism

Regional Innovation Systems: The Case of Angling Tourism

The Effects of Localization on Economic Performance: Analysis of Spanish Tourism Clusters

Students in action: a destination-based learning approach to student engagement

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