Innovation Systems in Tourism: The Roles of Attractors and Scene-Takers

Jan Mattsson, Jon Sundbo and Christjan Fussing-Jensen

Industry and Innovation, 2005, vol. 12, issue 3, 357-381

Abstract: This paper proposes a model of an attractor-based innovation system for understanding tourism. Key components of the model are the attractor (that which attracts visitors), scene-maker, scene, collaborative networks between tourism and other firms and, finally, the crucial function of the scene-taker. Findings from eight in-depth case studies taken from around the world are summarized in the form of seven hypotheses concerning the operations of such innovation systems. It is argued that scene-takers, in the form of individual entrepreneurs and organizations, perform a crucial function in the innovation system in developing and maintaining the scene. Finally, some policy implications for building such a system are suggested.

Keywords: Tourism; scene; scene-taker; innovation system; entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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