Policy communities, networks and issue cycles in tourism destination systems

Abstract

This paper demonstrates how concepts derived from policy community, policy network and issues management theories can be used to understand the roles, activities and interactions of government, corporate and pressure group stakeholders engaged in tourism policy, planning and management in destination contexts. It shows the relevance and utility of an "integrated issue lifecycle approach" to trace the evolution of tourism policy, planning and destination management within specific destination contexts. The application of this approach is demonstrated through a case analysis of the tourism policy and planning system that underpins the destination system of Byron Bay, a significant domestic and international destination on the East Coast of Australia. The underlying premise adopted for this study is that the examination of the antecedents of tourism policy and planning processes, within particular destination contexts, can lead to an understanding of the driving values and ideas that have led to contemporary tourism policy issues and problems.

Organizational Networking in an Emerging Ecotourism Destination

“…According to O'Donnell (2004), networking may vary according to the individuals involved and those with whom the interaction takes place. Wray (2009) and Dredge and Pforr (2008) discuss how networks in tourism move through episodes and phases of participation and evolve over time. Dredge (2006b) and Morrison (1994, as cited in Gibson et al, 2005 document the short-lived nature of some public sector and provider-led networks in tourism.…”

Tími til að tengja? Af stefnumótun í ferðaþjónustu á Íslandi

“…Á allra síðustu árum hefur verið nokkur gróska í rannsóknum á stefnumótun og skipulagi ferðaþjónustu sem birtist í að ae fleiri leitast við að fylgja eftir tilurð stefnu mótunar og skoða hana í gagnrýnu ljósi (sjá t.d. Connelly, 2007;Pforr, 2006;Steven son, Airey, og Miller, 2008;Thomas og Thomas, 2005;Wray, 2009). Athygli fraeðimanna hefur ekki síst beinst að margskonar tengslanetum sem tengjast stefnumótun arferlum.…”

Challenges in National-level Tourism Strategy Implementation - A Long-term Perspective on the New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2015

“…In a similar sense, network research has much to offer to the tourism researcher (Baggio, Scott, & Cooper, ), and it has been used to shed light on destination networks and management (Beritelli, ; Gibson, Lynch, & Morrison, ; Pavlovich, ; Scott, Cooper, & Baggio, ; Timur & Getz, ), tourism policy and governance (Beaumont & Dredge, ; Pforr, ; Wray, ), tourism distribution (Pearce, ) and community planning (Beritelli & Laesser, ; Dredge, ; Dredge, ). Even though a network approach is considered valuable to understanding policy, especially policy implementation, in other fields (Rhodes, ), there are no tourism studies that explicitly use a network approach to investigate strategy implementation.…”