Innovation and Tourism Destination Development

Tourist destinations are trying to innovate, but the interplay between regional knowledge dynamics and actors in tourism industry is complicated by the difficulties involved in coordinating the efforts of a multiplicity of private and public stakeholders. The contributions to this book demonstrate that this challenge can be addressed in a variety of ways and makes the case for innovation policies adapted to the specific circumstances of individual tourism destinations._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.