Urban management, destination management and urban destination management: a comparative review with issues and examples from New Zealand
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to first outline the central thrust of two currently non-convergent but intrinsically related streams of research – urban management and destination management – and explore the links between them. Both require an approach which coordinates and integrates multiple actors and functions in dynamic settings.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper then analyses empirical examples from three New Zealand cities to illustrate relationships between destination management and urban management in practice.
Findings
These cases show that without being labelled as such, quite a lot of activity takes place which reflects dimensions of both destination management and urban management, especially in terms of integration and coordination. This raises questions of just what constitutes destination management, a series of discrete ad hoc actions or some broader vision and framework.
Originality/value
Empirical evidence from the three New Zealand cities shows that, with the exception of Dunedin, destination management is not a term or a concept that is explicitly used there. Nevertheless, without being labelled as such, in practice there is quite a lot of activity taking place which reflects dimensions of both destination management and urban management, especially in terms of integration and coordination.
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Acknowledgements
© International Tourism Studies Association
This research was supported by the Victoria Research Trust under Research Grant 8-113873-2309
Citation
Pearce, D.G. (2015), "Urban management, destination management and urban destination management: a comparative review with issues and examples from New Zealand", International Journal of Tourism Cities, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-08-2014-0002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited