@inbook{f2659bfe2973435d91c491c8a5c0ca1f,
title = "COMPLEXITY THEORY IN TOURISM: The Case of Mount Rigi, Switzerland",
abstract = "This chapter seeks to elaborate on the concept of complexity theory when applied to destination management, using Mount Rigi (an important recreational and tourism destination in Lucerne, Switzerland) as the focus of the case study. This study supports an alternative view of complexity theory which can help to explain the dynamic, nonlinear, and nondeterministic relationships within the tourism system. It also supports the theory{\textquoteright}s applicability toward explaining the nature of tourism as a complex adaptive system, and reveals that Mount Rigi{\textquoteright}s development did not occur in isolation, but involved various interdependent tourism components and external factors at both the macro and micro levels.",
keywords = "Adaptive system, Case study, Complexity theory, Destination management, Mount Rigi, Switzerland",
author = "Walanchalee Wattanacharoensil and Juerg Stettler",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by Emerald Publishing Limited.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1108/S2042-144320190000011004",
language = "English",
series = "Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice",
publisher = "Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.",
pages = "31--48",
booktitle = "Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice",
}