Tourist Destination Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Social Media Usage Among Top European DMOs

   • Ahmet Uşaklı, Burcu Koç, Sevil Sönmez

   Pages 1-14

3. Neoliberal Collaboration of Tourism Academia and Industry: The Case of Destination Governance

   • Alper Aslan, Metin Kozak

   Pages 15-26

4. The Airline–Airport–Destination Authority Relationship: The Case of Greece

   • Andreas Papatheodorou, Eirini Vlassi, Dominiki Gaki, Lemonia Papadopoulou-Kelidou, Marina Efthymiou, Dimitrios Pappas et al.

   Pages 27-41

5. The Recent Boom in Spain: Economic Sustainability of Destinations

   • Andrés Artal-Tur, Doaa Salman, Yasser Tawfik

   Pages 43-73

6. Exploring Tourist Satisfaction and Destination Loyalty

   • Andrés Artal-Tur, Noelia Sánchez-Casado

   Pages 75-99

7. Destination Management Through Stakeholders’ Collaborations

   • Angela Tritto, Nicole Chang Shu Fun

   Pages 101-121

8. Food as a Component in Destination Marketing

   • Anna Stalmirska, Peter Whalley, Paul Fallon

   Pages 123-141

9. An Application of the EU Financial Instruments for Rural Tourism Development

   • Elena Aleksandrova

   Pages 143-157

10. Travel Bloggers as Influencers: What Compels Them to Blog

    • Esra Ay, Kübra İpek, Nazım Bircan Özdağ, Ecem Özekici, Maria Dolores Alvarez

    Pages 159-175

11. Winery Operators’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting Wine Tourism Development

    • Giacomo Del Chiappa, Maria Alebaki, George Menexes

    Pages 177-191

12. Collaborative Policy Making and Stakeholder Engagement: A Resident–Based Perspective

    • Giacomo Del Chiappa, Marcello Atzeni, Martina Gallarza

    Pages 193-207

13. Non-constant Reputation Effect at Spanish Mediterranean Destinations

    • Isabel P. Albaladejo, María Isabel González-Martínez

    Pages 209-225

14. Turnaround Strategies in Destination Marketing Organizations

    • Jeremy Fairley

    Pages 227-239

15. Contemporary Urban Destination Marketing: A Comparative Analysis

    • Kenneth Deptula, Alan Fyall

    Pages 241-255

16. Competitiveness Factor Analysis of an Operating Tourist Destination

    • Mariya Stankova, Ivanka Vasenska

    Pages 257-272

17. A Strategic Approach to Managing Risk and Crisis at Tourist Destinations

    • Ozen Kirant Yozcu, Gurel Cetin

    Pages 273-287

18. How Flow-Based Destination Management Blends Theory and Method for Practical Impact

    • Pietro Beritelli, Gabriella Crescini, Stephan Reinhold, Veronika Schanderl

    Pages 289-310

19. French Golf Tourism and Sustainable Development

    • Sorina Cernaianu, Claude Sobry

    Pages 311-324

This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of tourist destination management and presents important recent research in the field. Contemporary theoretical and methodological approaches to management and marketing are discussed, and innovative practices with respect to both urban and rural destinations are described with the aid of many interesting case studies from across Europe and beyond. In addition, the volume addresses key issues such as governance, cooperation, the use of social media, and sustainability. A variety of influences on tourism development are examined, and efficient strategies for making destinations distinct are explored. The book will be a welcome addition and update to the existing literature and will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.

• Destination management
• Destination marketing
• Economics of destinations
• Destination sustainability
• Destination planning
• Destination governance
• Tourist destinations
• Tourism management
• Tourism marketing
• Tourism economics
• Tourism planning
• Sustainable tourism
• sustainability

• Faculty of Tourism, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey

  Nazmi Kozak

• School of Tourism, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey

  Metin Kozak

Nazmi Kozak is a Professor in the Faculty of Tourism at Anadolu University, Turkey. He holds both Master’s and PhD degrees in tourism management. His research activities focus on tourism marketing, the history of tourism, and bibliometrics. He is the editor of Anatolia: Turizm Araştırmaları Dergisi and the co-editor of Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research. He has attended several universities in the United States as a visiting scholar.
Metin Kozak is a Professor in the School of Tourism at Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey. He holds both Master's and PhD degrees in tourism management. His research focuses on consumer behavior, benchmarking, destination management, and sustainability. He acts as the co-editor of Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research and has been a visiting scholar at various universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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