Destination network management: A conceptual analysis

Tourism Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 25-31

  Meriläinen, Kirsi ^a   Lemmetyinen, Arja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Coordination; Destination network management; Networks; Place marketing; Strategic management; Tourism; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992992186     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605371111175302     Document Type: Article

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