Stakeholder stories: Exploring social tourism networks

Minnaert, Lynn

Abstract

Social tourism networks are uniquely diverse, as they include beneficiaries who are usually excluded from tourism participation. They often rely on collaborations with social organisations outside of tourism. This paper discusses the ‘Large Scale Listening’ project conducted by the Holiday Participation Centre, the social tourism division of Tourism Flanders (Belgium). In the project, 1004 micro-narratives were collected. After narrators told their stories, they were presented with a list of follow-up questions that allowed them to tag and code their own stories, enabling them to directly influence how their stories were interpreted. The findings of the study highlight a joint commitment to social tourism, but differences in perspectives between different stakeholder groups in terms of the travel participation enablers and inhibitors.

Citation

Minnaert, L. (2020). Stakeholder stories: Exploring social tourism networks. Annals of Tourism Research, 83, Article 102979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102979

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 4, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jun 17, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Deposit Date: Aug 11, 2022
• Journal: Annals of Tourism Research
• Print ISSN: 0160-7383
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 83
• Article Number: 102979
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102979
• Keywords: Social tourism, Narrative, Listening, Stakeholders, Network
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2895527