Destination Governance and a Strategic Approach to Crisis Management in Tourism

Abstract

Tourism is a strategic economic activity in Karnataka, but the uniqueness of the governing bodies accentuates on\rintegrated planning pioneering with several distinguishing features. The urban and territorial changes caused by tourism are\rwell introspected areas in contemporary scientific literature. This research adopts an integrative approach with a framework\rconnecting scientific traditions of destination management and competitiveness with a case study examining in-depth\rreliability of Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) in destination governance and narrates upon the essentiality of\rstakeholder participation in destination decision making process. Most pertinent functions of the Destination Management\rOrganization (DMO) are to facilitate the corporation and collaboration of stakeholder within the destination. Primarily in times\rof crisis where collaboration and collective decision making is a priority; many destinations today are not equipped to combat\rsuch crisis which consecutively take a toll on the destination and unfavourably affect the tourists visiting the destination\rleaving behind a negative impression which can adversely affect the tourism integrity of the destination.