This paper examines formal power and its influence on the policy roles of tourism actors in four Caribbean countries. The power of policy actors was calculated with a beta centrality measure, and hypotheses of power, policy roles, and policy actor types were tested using the Quadratic Assignment...

"The receipt of knowledge is a key ingredient by which the tourism sector can adjust and adapt to its dynamic environment. However although its importance has long been recognised the fragmentation within the sector, largely as a result of it being comprised of small and medium sized businesses,...

This paper provides a preliminary analysis of one element of a research study into knowledge sharing between business people in the tourism sector of the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch conurbation in England. The paper sets out the academic context of the analysis of knowledge sharing, the...

More than 10 years on since the launch of the Internet, there are clear differentiallevels of adoption of the Internet for purchasing leisure travel across countries. In some countries, such as Portugal, only a minority of travel purchasing is conducted over the Internet. This paper aims to...