Author, as appears in the article.: Restrepo, Natalia; Anton Clave, Salvador;
Department: Geografia
URV's Author/s: Anton Clavé, Salvador
Keywords: Tourism geography Systems Stakeholders perceptions Political trust Networks Latin america Institutions Institutional thickness Innovation Industry Governance Evolution Economic geography Dynamics
Abstract: In recent decades, commitment to tourism as a development strategy has grown across Latin America. However, despite being praised as an economic and social catalyst in various regions, developing tourism appropriately requires a dense institutional environment marked by leadership, trust, and governance. Against that background, we aimed to analyse institutions' perceived role in regional tourism development and perceived key factors of such development in relation to four dimensions of institutional thickness. To that end, we conducted a cluster analysis of data from 2000 to 2015 representing 18 institutions' perceptions of tourism in Colombia's Department of Antioquia. Key identified factors perceived are, particularly, the exclusive or partial focus of institutions with the tourism value chain, the relationship with technology centres, the importance of spaces for collective representation, and the acknowledgment of infrastructure as a principal investment for regional tourism development.
Thematic Areas: Tourism, leisure and hospitality management Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism Geography, planning and development Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: salvador.anton@urv.cat salvador.anton@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-9818-2778 0000-0001-9818-2778
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Policy Research In Tourism, Leisure And Events. 15 (4): 486-501
APA: Restrepo, Natalia; Anton Clave, Salvador; (2023). Exploring institutions' perceived roles in regional tourism development: an institutional thickness approach. Journal Of Policy Research In Tourism, Leisure And Events, 15(4), 486-501. DOI: 10.1080/19407963.2021.1962891
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications