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Flow-based destination management and marketing: a perspective article

Stephan Reinhold (Department of Organisation and Entrepreneurship, Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden, and Research Centre for Tourism and Transport, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Christian Laesser (Department of Organisation and Entrepreneurship, Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden, and Research Centre for Tourism and Transport, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Pietro Beritelli (Department of Organisation and Entrepreneurship, Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden, and Research Centre for Tourism and Transport, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Tourism Review

ISSN: 1660-5373

Article publication date: 13 September 2019

Issue publication date: 20 February 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to provide a selective review of sectoral and academic developments that have led to the flow-based view of destination management and marketing and inspires future work.

Design/methodology/approach

A review of the relevant literature serves as a foundation for the discussion of the flow-based view of destination management and marketing. From the results of this review, future prospects for practice and research are derived.

Findings

Destination management and marketing has undergone many changes in the past and is subject for some major overhauls in the future.

Originality/value

The paper inspires in terms of rather asking questions for the future than finding answers from the past.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the editor of Tourism Review, Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, for his supportive editorial guidance and constructive feedback.

Citation

Reinhold, S., Laesser, C. and Beritelli, P. (2020), "Flow-based destination management and marketing: a perspective article", Tourism Review, Vol. 75 No. 1, pp. 174-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-05-2019-0193

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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