Tourism Destination Governance: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Author Information

Huiying Zhang, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Xi Y. Leung, University of North TexasFollow
Billy Bai, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Author Bios (50 Words for each Author)

Huiying Zhang's research interests include destination sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and technology applications in destination marketing and management;

Dr. Xi Leung's fields of expertise include information technology, social media, hospitality management, and destination marketing.

Dr. Bai's current research interests focus on consumer decision-making, destination marketing, and branding.

Abstract (150 Words)

Tourism is regarded as one of the most novel and contemporary fields of governance research and practices. The efforts to define, assess, and explore destination governance have mainly been made in political science and business disciplines. However, destination governance distinguishes itself by its complex nature and context-related feature. Research in this area is mostly fragmented, lacking synergies in its definition, scope, and dimensions. This research plans to adopt a systematic quantitative review to investigate the status quo of knowledge and contributes to the current literature by summarizing significant aspects, discussing incongruity issues, identifying research gaps, and highlighting future research directions.