The purpose of this paper is to analyse the application of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to
the Italian tourism system. The research question is: do relationships among tourist …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how quantitative analysis
methods have been and can be used to improve the competitiveness of tourism destination …

Elements such as tourists, service-oriented organizations, tourism resources, destinations
and public institutions all have a role in tourism activity. If we are to understand the world of …

This book aims to provide a comprehensive review of the contribution of network analysis to
the understanding of tourism destinations and organizations. Theoretical and …

Previous destination marketing and management literature has focused on the importance
of establishing effective relationships between the various tourism organizations (both …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze the variety of relations existing in tourism
networks, identified as complex and mutable entities, where a vast range of stakeholders …

This paper presents a review of the methods of the science of networks with an application
to the field of tourism studies. The basic definitions and computational techniques are …

Application of network analysis in tourism research is relatively new, especially in the study
of tourism services distribution channels. Network analysis is employed to investigate the …

Tourist destinations are relational systems that can be studied through social network
analysis (SNA). The paper analyses the structural properties of the networks of actors of …

During the last years, tourism studies witnessed an accelerated interest for inquiring
stakeholder collaboration by means of Social Network Analysis. However, following a …