Do actors really agree on strategic issues? Applying consensus analysis of stakeholder perceptions in tourist destination communities

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-241

  Beritelli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consensus analysis; Cultural consensus theory; Destination planning; Social networks; Strategic issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870942803     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354211X13110944386924     Document Type: Article

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