Purpose – Travel motivation has received considerable attention in the tourism literature. Although motivation is only one variable explaining tourist behaviour, it is regarded as one of the most important. Hence, nature‐based tourism resources as non‐market goods or destination goods have...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the pertinent issues of knowledge management in tourism using the example of tourism organizations in Austria. Design/methodology/approach – The paper undertakes a review of the relevant literature before applying Grant's model of knowledge management to...

Purpose – Co-operation activities play a central role for the development of a tourism destination, and require a co-operative approach among numerous different actors to manage and market a tourism destination. This paper aims to describe the characteristics of leadership networks in tourism...