This chapter examines the rural mountain regions of New Zealand as tourism destinations and includes a case study of building community and tourism connectedness through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The chapter explores the distinctive connecting methods of 11 small, ...

This chapter incorporates important insights from complexity, network and stakeholder theories in order to further develop various approaches and solutions to destination governance. The concept of 'destination' is contextualized in the discussion of a multifaceted definition. A distinction is made ...