A decision support system for integrated tourism development: rethinking tourism policies and management strategies

J.P. Bousset, Dimitris Skuras (), J. Tesitel, Marsat J B, Anastasia Petrou, E. Fiallo-Pantziou, D. Kuová and M. Barto
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J.P. Bousset: UMR METAFORT - Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux - ENITAC - Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs des Travaux Agricoles de Clermont-Ferrand - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech - CEMAGREF - Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts
J. Tesitel: AS CR - Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology - Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR
Marsat J B: UMR METAFORT - Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux - ENITAC - Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs des Travaux Agricoles de Clermont-Ferrand - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech - CEMAGREF - Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts
E. Fiallo-Pantziou: Department of economics - University of Patras
D. Kuová: AS CR - Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology - Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR
M. Barto: AS CR - Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology - Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR

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Abstract: Identifying the most appropriate institutional structures and strategies to integrate the views and coordinate the actions of diverse tourism stakeholders is a key stage in the development of integrated tourism in rural and lagging areas. In this work a Decision Support System (DSS) is developed which combines tools to assist in the analysis of the views, concerns and planned strategies of a wide range of tourism stakeholders in the face of given trends in tourists' expectations. The role and suitability of such an approach is examined in the real situation of three case-study areas in Auvergne (France), umava Mountains (Czech Republic) and Evrytania (Greece). Two major sets of results are discussed. Firstly, there are the impacts of given hypothetical tourism policies developed by simulating the views and strategies of the different tourism stakeholders. Secondly, the paper considers the relative benefits and disadvantages for integrated tourism if collaborative negotiations take place among the different tourism stakeholders. The paper concludes by examining the usefulness of such an approach for tourism planners.

Keywords: AIDE A LA DECISION; POLITIQUE; TOURISME; SIMULATION; INTEGRATED TOURISM; POLICY FORMULATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SIMULATION MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in Tourism Geographies, 2007, 9 (4), p. 387 - p. 404. ⟨10.1080/14616680701647576⟩

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