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The science of complexity in the tourism domain: a perspective article
No full textPurpose: This paper aims to examine the complexity science approach to the tourism domain. Design/methodology/approach: This study is a personal perspective Findings: The study is an analysis of past and future applications. Originality/value: Historical considerations
Oriental and occidental approaches to complex tourism systems
No full textThis paper examines the methodological approach to the study of complex tourism systems and how they evolved. In particular, the need for a systemic holistic view is called for, and is considered more suitable than traditional reductionist approaches in providing meaningful insights. In examining complexity theories, a parallel with oriental philosophies and world views is made. It is argued that in a new globalized epoch, cross-fertilization of Eastern and Western thinking styles can promote further development of systems disciplines and be highly beneficial for the understanding of the structural and dynamic characteristics of tourism systems
Book review of: Matti Malkia, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Reijo Savolainen (eds.). eTransformation in Governance, New Directions in Government and Politics
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Tourism destinations: a universality conjecture based on network science
No full textThe structural characteristics of a tourism destination are of crucial importance since they influence its dynamic behavior. Many studies have shown that destinations have apparently similar topologies. The question posited in this paper is to what extent does this similarity hold, and whether these topologies can be considered as a universal trait. This study reanalyzes available data to test this conjecture. In particular, several quantities representing the topological structures of the destination are calculated; further, we obtain size-invariant and scalable similarity scores. The results indicate that destinations hold structurally similar, and arguably universal, characteristics. This finding is important as it suggests that there are some very basic (and consistent) strategies destination managers can develop when designing plans and actions
Tourism networks and computer networks
No full textThe body of knowledge accumulated in recent years on the structure and the dynamics of complex networks has offered useful insights on the behaviour of many natural and artificial complex systems. The analysis of some of these, namely those formed by companies and institutions, however, has proved problematical mainly for the difficulties in collecting a reasonable amount of data. This contribution argues that the World Wide Web can provide an efficient and effective way to gather significant samples of networked socio-economic systems to be used for network analyses and simulations. The case discussed refers to a tourism destination, the fundamental subsystem of an industry which can be considered one of the most important in today's World economy
Network science: an interdisciplinary contribution to tourism studies
No full textThe study of network representations of physical, biological, and social phenomena has developed rapidly in recent years. The body of knowledge accumulated on the structure and the dynamics of complex networks has offered useful insights on the behavior of many natural and artificial complex systems The paper examines the work done by considering tourism destinations as networks of interconnected organizations. The nature of these networks, both from a structural and dynamic point of view is described and the outcomes of these investigations are presented. The general theoretical framework is described and the implications of this analysis for destination management are discussed
Book review of: Angappa Gunasekaran, Omar Khalil and Syed Mahbubur Rahman (eds.). Knowledge and Information Technology Management: Human and Social Perspectives
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What network analysis can reveal of tourism destinations [Poster]
No full textTourism is probably the largest economic sector of the World's economy, and a tourism destination is considered to be a fundamental unit of analysis for the understanding of this industry. This research examines two such systems, Fiji islands and the island of Elba (Italy), investigating their structural characteristics. Network theoretic metrics are used to gauge the static and dynamic attributes of the networks formed by the websites belonging to the different tourism operators. The general topology is found only partly similar to the one peculiar to many complex socio-economic systems. The differences appear due to the rather poor connectivity and clusterisation of the networks. The structural characteristics are then interpreted in terms of the evolutionary growth of a tourism destination
Book review of: Roman Egger and Dimitrios Buhalis. eTourism case studies: management and marketing issues in eTourism
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Book review of: Dan Remenyi, Arthur Money, Frank Bannister. The Effective Measurement and Management of ICT Costs and Benefits
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