Destination marketing through networks
The purpose we established for our thesis was to examine the process of marketing a town as a single unit and the use of networks. The appointed research strategy was a case study and we conducted interviews with destination marketing organizations and companies in the towns of Luleå and Piteå. The...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-47406 2023-05-15T17:09:10+02:00 Destination marketing through networks Königsson, Veronica Stark, Sara 2009 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-47406 eng eng http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-47406 Local 4f40a8cb-2497-43fa-8269-d74e342901b8 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Social Behaviour Law marketing cooperation DMOs image networks destination Samhälls- beteendevetenskap juridik Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2009 ftluleatu 2022-10-25T20:50:26Z The purpose we established for our thesis was to examine the process of marketing a town as a single unit and the use of networks. The appointed research strategy was a case study and we conducted interviews with destination marketing organizations and companies in the towns of Luleå and Piteå. The empirical data that was gathered from the interviews was then compared to previous studies and literature regarding the subject of destination marketing to see if there were any similarities and/or differences. The results of our study showed that much focus is directed on communicating a positive image of destinations through marketing activities. Furthermore, tourism actors within a destination work with networks in order to market the destination as a single unit: to do this successfully the different relationships within the network has to be functioning and the members need to work towards a mutual goal in order to attract as many tourists/visitors as possible to the destination. Validerat; 20101217 (root) Bachelor Thesis Luleå Luleå Luleå Piteå Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) |
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The purpose we established for our thesis was to examine the process of marketing a town as a single unit and the use of networks. The appointed research strategy was a case study and we conducted interviews with destination marketing organizations and companies in the towns of Luleå and Piteå. The empirical data that was gathered from the interviews was then compared to previous studies and literature regarding the subject of destination marketing to see if there were any similarities and/or differences. The results of our study showed that much focus is directed on communicating a positive image of destinations through marketing activities. Furthermore, tourism actors within a destination work with networks in order to market the destination as a single unit: to do this successfully the different relationships within the network has to be functioning and the members need to work towards a mutual goal in order to attract as many tourists/visitors as possible to the destination. Validerat; 20101217 (root) |
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