two different rural tourism destinations. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from tourists visiting rural … tourism companies in Finland and in Tyrol (Austria). The data were analyzed using analysis of variance and correlation … tourism companies and practitioners to understand how push and pull motivations affect tourist behaviour. Based on this …

Purpose Rural tourism has emerged as one of the potential economic contributors to the country’s economic growth. To … this extent, tourism stakeholders are aware of the rural tourism destination competitiveness where the development should … that contribute to the development of rural tourism competitive advantage, the present study aimed to propose a research …

‐sectoral activities of the tourism organization with the brewery industry in Bavaria, and examined the indicators of power and legitimacy … the Bavarian tourism organization with the brewery industry and the position of the tourism organization in the location … of tourism organizations in an integrated location management system, using the regional governance approach. The …

Purpose – Networks and networking are ubiquitous concepts in tourism, their importance appreciated by scholars and … practitioners. Tourism research has developed elaborate methods and concepts to grasp the numerous variants of tourism networks and … (AIEST) and its official journal, Tourism Review , have made significant contributions to the achievements in this research …

assess the power struggles inherent in community tourism initiatives when leadership is weakened through shrinking resources … studies within Experience Bedfordshire to develop a comprehensive picture of governance within a single tourism destination … preferred development path. Unfortunately, the increasing use of Tourism Information Centres by local residents, as opposed to …

/methodology/approach Questionnaire data were collected from 220 senior tourism business members in Iran. Findings The results show that an individual … opportunity recognition. Because the data were limited to tourism industry, future studies need to validate these findings in … recognition ability, it is critical for tourism businesses to invest in developing and enhancing individual ability. Originality …

Sustainability has become an important topic and concept in relation to tourism planning and development. For … sustainable tourism development to be successful stakeholders must be involved in the process. The questions that should be … considered though are: (1) who should be considered stakeholders in tourism development, and (2) how should planners and …

and semi-structured interviews with destination stakeholders from a prominent tourism action group. The primary research … where the focus is on local tourism policy development. Originality/value The paper provides an innovative conceptualisation …

Purpose – This paper examines the leadership practices of two Brazilian regional tourism organisations (RTOs) using an …. However, it was found to operate in isolation from government and other key tourism stakeholders. Originality/value – This … paper draws together the regional tourism management and leadership literature, making both theoretical and applied …