ABSTRACT
Due to the increasing use of technology and economies of scale, economic globalization has generated serious changes in markets and systems as well as fragile dependencies. The more complex, global and cross-linked these new economic, technical and political structures become, the more complex the control and governance over regional systems will become to preserve a state of equilibrium. In times of temporary and latent crises, priority should be given to approaches which address the survivability or protection of the performance of companies and regions. In the context of tourist destination development, resilient destinations are regions which as far as possible can uncouple from such dependencies, increasingly rely on internal strengths and authentic potentials, thereby contributing to added value and creation on a global scale. Drawing on two different empirical studies, this essay illustrates how the security of supply can be assessed under the aspect of resilience on the supply side. On the other hand, the demand side will be taken into account in terms of its attitudes in the event of a crisis with the security of supply. This finally leads to reflections on the question of how destination management can contribute to a raising awareness on “destination-resilience”.
