 Tourism destination brokers: A network analytic approachGiovanni Ruggieri, Salvatore Iannolino and Rodolfo Baggio Annals of Tourism Research, 2022, vol. 97, issue C Abstract: Understanding the interactions of tourist companies in different tourism sub-sectors could be relevant for advancing the destination's organisation and management. The present article employs a network analysis to examine inter-organisational interactions and the various roles that some companies assume in tourism destinations. The results reveal the existence of a network in which enterprises, identified as brokers, take on strategic roles both within and outside of their specific sub-sectors of origin. This study proposes new social network analysis indicators to identify the distinctive and prevalent position of company brokers, who manage inter-organisational relations by spontaneously assuming specific roles within the tourist destination network. Serving as coordinators, gatekeepers, consultants, liaisons and representatives, such brokers facilitate cooperative and collaborative practices among companies in different tourism sub-sectors, thus increasing actors' network cohesion across a given tourist destination. Keywords: Tourist destination; Network analysis; Brokers; Inter-organisational relations (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:anture:v:97:y:2022:i:c:s0160738322001396 DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103488 Access Statistics for this article Annals of Tourism Research is currently edited by John Tribe More articles in Annals of Tourism Research from Elsevier |
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