Examinando por Autor "Herasimovich, Volha"

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    Connections between a tourist destination, the digital ecosystem, and ICT actors
    (Springer Nature, 2024) Alzua Sorzabal, Aurkene; Herasimovich, Volha; Guereño-Omil, Basagaitz; Thiel-Ellul, Daniela
    The tourism sector and tourist destinations are undergoing a digital transition in order to improve their resilience and competitiveness. The way in which tourist destinations address this digital transition differs, as some incorporate more technology in their ecosystem than others, giving rise to the emergence of different types of digital tourism networks. This study seeks to determine the different ways in which a tourist destination connects with a digital ecosystem, specifically focusing on the connections with ICT actors. It is based on the theoretical framework of tourism as an ecosystem. Using web crawling, network data have been compiled on 670 tourism actors and more than 36,000 websites to which they are connected through hyperlinks. The most frequently linked entities of the discovered digital ecosystem have been identified and classified (n = 447), distinguishing between 13 types of ICT actors. The results show how the online destination network has been incorporated into the digital ecosystem. The study reveals that the configuration of the digital ecosystem surrounding a tourist destination is characterised by the different levels of importance for the network of destination actors in which the ICT actors play a central role.
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    Online networking behaviour of tourism stakeholders in a multi-destination region: a hyperlink network analysis
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-03) Herasimovich, Volha; Alzua Sorzabal, Aurkene; Guereño-Omil, Basagaitz
    Inter-organisational networking, essential for enhancing tourist destinations' performance, is often underutilised, resulting in low-density networks. To develop precise strategies for managing connectivity, it is crucial to examine stakeholders' networking behaviours – how they connect to a destination network and contribute to its structural formations within and beyond their sectors and geographic locations. This study looks at online networking forms that are qualitatively different from interpersonal contacts among organisational members. Specifically, it focuses on hyperlink networking, given its significance for the visibility of organisations and the overall destination and the credibility of tourism websites. Using social network analysis, this research identifies diverse online networking behaviours related to involvement in networking activities, link-placing and link-receiving, connections with similar and dissimilar actors, and community formation of tourism stakeholders across different sectors within a multi-destination region. The network is characterised by assembling behaviour, where many actors are connected to the network by other organisations rather than by their own linking activity. The study confirms organisations’ low involvement in networking and significant imbalances in their activities. It highlights how imbalances arise in the conjuncture of various sectors, each having a distinct role in uneven link allocation. Destination management organisations are key connectors and mediators but struggle to establish high-density within-sector connections. Public domain-related sectors are generally more active in networking than private ones. Intersectoral connections, rather than within-sector connections, are the major source of links for sectors. Stakeholders tend to connect more with actors from the same geographic area
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    Sport for development and peace
    (Universidad de Deusto, 2021-12-17) Herasimovich, Volha; Alzua Sorzabal, Aurkene; Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Programa de Doctorado en Ocio, Cultura y Comunicación para el Desarrollo Humano por la Universidad de Deusto
    “Sport for Development and Peace” (SDP) is a large global field in which sports, physical activities, and games are used to address non-sporting goals of social development and peacebuilding. The proliferation and acknowledgement of SDP organizations as enablers of sustainable development coincides with some fragmented evidence about the inequality in the field’s structure since some of them have fewer resources and are dependent on others. However, the scale of inequality is not known, and its analysis is complicated by the great diversity of stakeholders and practices, unclear boundaries of the field, and the lack of large-scale mapping of SDP and elaborated methodology for description of the global SDP structure. Relying on mediated communication and digital methods, this research reveals inequality in the structure of stakeholders and practices of the global SDP field in terms of organizational diversity and geopolitical location. The methodology of SDP research is enhanced by the use of hyperlink network analysis, web search engine data, and elaboration of a conceptual framework and model for definition of SDP boundaries. The results show an unbalanced distribution of varied types of SDP stakeholders. Also, type of organization is an important characteristic for understanding patterns of connections in the global SDP network. In general, the connections in the SDP network are very unevenly distributed, with clear-cut leaders and outsiders. Different types of organizations show varying capacities for leadership in the field, and geopolitical location is an important characteristic for explaining leadership patterns. Furthermore, the research analyses the ways to advance equality of opportunities for SDP stakeholders. Additionally, the effectiveness of mediated communication and digital methods for the description of the global SDP field is argued, and the advantages and difficulties of the methodology are discussed. Finally, a methodological ground for further empirical research is elaborated by clarifying SDP boundaries in a conceptual framework and providing a model with original set of differentiating criteria.