At the present time, the tourist destination offers a stimulating laboratory for the experimentation of theoretical models and good practices on the subjects of governance, knowledge management and sustainable competition.
Growing interest in the study of this territorial context gains impetus from the new approaches and tools that local administrations are starting to introduce in the phases of implementation and control of local strategies. In this respect, the Tourist Destination Observatory (OTD) represents an important innovation, offering a nerve centre for the aggregation and networking of heterogeneous data scattered over the territory as well as a model for the implementation of permanent approaches to social dialogue as prerequisites for the creation of knowledge and for an aware, shared, competitive and responsible development of the destination.
The OTD can act as an efficient agent of local change, facilitating the processes of governance, and as a tool of knowledge management for the valorisation of intellectual capital.
It is consequently a crucial support for the strategic repositioning of mountain resorts, which can represent valid responses to the emerging new modes of interpreting the holiday.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-1224-9255
Book Title
Dal dato diffuso alla conoscenza condivisa
Book Subtitle
Competitività e sostenibilità di Abetone nel progetto dell'Osservatorio Turistico di Destinazione
Editors
Lucia Varra
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
250
Publication Year
2012
Copyright Information
© 2012 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-177-5
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-176-8
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-177-5
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-556-9
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870