Ajeeb, D. 2023. Tourism Governance in Times of Crisis: A Multi-Level Governance Perspective. 2023 RSA Annual Conference Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places. Ljubljana, Slovenia 14 - 17 Jun 2023
| Title | Tourism Governance in Times of Crisis: A Multi-Level Governance Perspective |
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| Authors | Ajeeb, D. |
| Type | Conference paper |
| Abstract | Crises, whether at the national or global scale, can lead to radical changes in a country’s governance, which in turn impacts the way in which industries are organised. Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, the broader climate change crisis, and health epidemics and pandemics (e.g. Covid-19) have caused ripples across the world which have led to periods of political and financial uncertainty. The research uses Multi-Level Governance (MLG) as a perspective for analysing effective governance in an era of decentralisation and as a framework for analysis in the context of managing crises. An MLG perspective offers the ability to understand governance processes, the changing nature of decision making, the complexity of intergovernmental relations, relationships between governmental and non-governmental actors, institutional arrangements, problem-solving capacity, and also outcomes efficacy. With the use of interviews with high profile tourism stakeholders, the research outcomes proposed a model and strategies which can help the development of more resilient and adaptive governance arrangements which can be implemented to deal more effectively with the dynamic tourism landscapes during and after periods of crisis. |
| Keywords | Tourism Governance in Times of Crisis Multi-Level Governance of tourism resilient and adaptive tourism destinations tourism and levelling up |
| Year | 2023 |
| Conference | 2023 RSA Annual Conference Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 14 Jun 2023 |