Market-Oriented Destination Marketing: An Operationalization

Keywords

destination marketing, market orientation, stakeholder theory, construct developmen

Abstract

As competition among destinations has intensified, researchers have increasingly advocated for a market-oriented approach to destination marketing. Unfortunately, the unique stakeholder structure of the destination marketing environment precludes a direct application of the traditional market orientation paradigm to this domain. Accordingly, the purpose of this research is to empirically develop an operational definition of the market orientation construct that can be applied to destination marketing organizations. Based on the tenets of stakeholder theory, this research proposes a multiple-stakeholder view of the marketing concept and develops its attendant operational construct. Referred to herein as a multistakeholder market orientation (MSMO), this construct is proposed and operationalized as reflective of the extent to which a destination marketing organization (DMO) implements the marketing concept across the stakeholder spectrum. The nomological validity of this construct is established by testing the effect of the proposed MSMO construct on DMO performance.

Publication Date

12-22-2015

Original Citation

Line, N., and Wang, Y.C. (2015). A Market-oriented Approach to Destination Marketing. Journal of Travel Research

Document Type

Paper

Language

English

Source Title

Journal of Travel Research

College

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

Location

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

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