...Adrian Devine; Emily Boyle; Stephen Boyd Purpose Collaboration is now an important part of public sector management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that have helped shape the relationships between public agencies involved in sports tourism. Design/methodology/approach...

...Christine Williams; Maggie Ferguson Purpose To provide a critique of the strategies that the UK Government employed at that time of the closure of the countryside during the foot and mouth disease (FMD) and their subsequent effects upon leisure and tourism providers. The work evaluates...

...J. John Lennon; A.V. Seaton Originating from Glasgow Development Agency’s analysis of Dublin’s success in attracting tourism over the period 1986‐96, this paper considers the two cities ‐ Dublin and Glasgow ‐ and tries to determine the conditions, strategies in development and policies necessary...

.... Summarizes briefly recent theoretical developments in the network literature and then reports on a case study analysis of a number of public‐private sector tourism marketing collaborative organizations. Looks at the reasons why public and private sector organizations collaborate to market a local tourism...

...D.C. Gilbert Government′s role in the marketing of tourism products is examined. Government intervention varies with the economic value placed on tourism. National Tourism Offices are the key agents of intervention;their role becomes more important as competition in the tourism marketplace...