Tourism local systems and networking / [edited by] Luciana Lazzeretti, Clara S. Petrillo. - Oxford : Elsevier, c2006. - xiv, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Advances in tourism research series .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: Tourism local systems: Economics approaches: 1. Systemic approaches for the analysis of tourism destination: towards the tourist local systems - 2. Identification and analysis of tourism local systems: an application to Italy (1996-2001) - 3. A framework to identify a localised tourism system - 4. The destination as a local system of innovation: the role of relational networks - 5. Do clusters and networks make small places beautiful? the case of Caramulo (Portugal ) - 6. Destination governance and contemporary development models - 7. Tourism industrial development and multinational corporations: a case of productivity spillovers in Malaysia -- Part 2: Tourism local systems: Management approaches: 8. Tourism system dynamics: a multi-level destination approach - 9. Integrated quality management as part of the strategic management of tourism destinations: a systems perspective - 10. The use of relationship marketing in developing network and co-operative links within tourism product marketing groups (PMGs) - 11. Information and communication technologies supporting destination management: a multimedia application - 12. Regional tourism co-operation in progress - 13. Destination competitiveness and the role of destination managemnt organization (DMO) : an Italian experience - 14. The geographies of tourism: organizing the space between localisms and global networks - 15. An international project to develop networking for promoting a specific destination: emigration as a tool to enhance tourism in Cilento area.

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