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This study establishes the foundation for a system-level model for understanding destination value creation—the Destination Value System (DVS)—by empirically testing the relationships between destination network structures and total value created within a destination. Volunteered geographic information from 4.3 million geotagged Flickr photos and Florida tax records were used to describe the quarterly network structures and quarterly travel-related spending for 43 Florida destinations between 2007 and 2015. Econometric analysis of the panel data indicates that DVS network structures and seasonal effects have significant relationships with the total tourism-related sales of a destination. Density, out-degree centralization, and global clustering coefficient are found to have negative effects on destination value creation, while in-degree centralization, betweenness centralization, and subcommunity count are found to have positive effects. These results indicate strategic management of the destination network is an important activity of any destination management organization.
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Stienmetz, J.L., Fesenmaier, D.R. (2017). Structural Implications of Destination Value System Networks. In: Schegg, R., Stangl, B. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51168-9_12
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