Relationers påverkan på destinationsvarumärken : En fallstudie av två destinationers turismnätverk

Sammanfattning: The purpose with our study is to create an understanding of how tourism stakeholders within a tourism network can affect a Destination Marketing/Management Organization’s (DMO’s) work with the destination branding process. To fulfill this purpose we have clarified different relationships that can influence the DMO’s place marketing. In order to limit our study we have chosen to focus on two Swedish destinations, Öland and Norrköping, and their DMO’s. We have used a network perspective where the DMO functions as a node that represents the tourism stakeholders within the destination. The case study is based on a qualitative approach where a total of ten representatives from the two destinations have been interviewed in order to enrichen our analysis. We chose this approach due to our wish to get a deeper understanding of a complex phenomenon. Please see the last chapter for our conclusions, where we have developed a model that encapsulates the most important aspects emenating from our theoretical and empirical analysis.