ABSTRACT
Thus, a network having a high degree of legitimacy tends to attract many actors such as
investors.
The contribution of the concept of governance and networks in our context is that it
brings attention to interdependencies and resource exchange between actors in a
network and in particular between public and private actors. Palmer (1996) stresses the
importance of bridging the gap between the bureaucratic culture of public administration
and the marketing culture adopted by private tourism firms in tourism governance. The
regular interactions between the actors are often caused by their need to negotiate
shared purposes and exchange resources such as funding, information, trust and expertise.
There are certain resource dependencies between the actors in the destination that are
important dynamic factors which need to be understood (Nordin & Svensson, 2007).
What the crucial relations are may vary between processes within the same destinations.
Obviously, stakeholders have different interests in different issues, and thereby take differ-
ent roles and bring different resources into the process, depending on the issue in process.
