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Neoliberal Collaboration of Tourism Academia and Industry: The Case of Destination Governance

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In contemporary neoliberal world, the collaboration of tourism academia and tourism industry is taken for granted. This collaboration is encouraged for successful destination governance. Most academics promote this collaboration around the words of “community”, “participation”, and “empowerment”. However, in this study, we object to this collaboration. The chapter first notes how neoliberal governmental practices shape the academic milieu. Then, it addresses how the collaboration of tourism academy and tourism industry depends on neoliberal governmental practices. The chapter ends by relating this collaboration to post-political practices and remarks how it privileges certain interests.

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  1. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey

    Alper Aslan

  2. Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey

    Metin Kozak

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Aslan, A., Kozak, M. (2019). Neoliberal Collaboration of Tourism Academia and Industry: The Case of Destination Governance. In: Kozak, N., Kozak, M. (eds) Tourist Destination Management. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16981-7_2

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