DESTINATION EXPERIENCE DESIGN - PRACTICES AND MANAGEMENT

Chapter 1 Imagining the Flourishing Destination: A Conceptual Shift in Destination Thinking
Chapter 2 Destination Experience Design Framework
Chapter 3 Technology Integration in Destination Experience Design
Chapter 4 Destination Experience Design for Health and Well-being
Chapter 5 A Regenerative Destination Experience Design Model
Chapter 6 The Convivial Destination Experience Design Model
Chapter 7 Designing Destinations in Motion: Designing for Change, Time, and Transformation

This volume adopts a multidisciplinary approach to destination experience design, positioning the concept of the flourishing destination as the theoretical and operational foundation of a new paradigm in tourism studies. The flourishing destination is defined as a living system that promotes the integrated well-being of people, places, and the planet. Through original frameworks – including the Destination Experience Design Framework, the Regenerative Spiral, the Nested Ecological Model, and the Convivial Experience Framework – the book conceptualizes experience design as a systemic, adaptive, and co-creative process. Central dimensions include health, conviviality, digital integration, participatory governance, and the temporal dynamics of destinations in transformation. Rooted in the flourishing paradigm, the volume presents a design-driven method for regenerating spatial, social, and emotional relationships through tourism. Tools such as temporal prototyping, participatory approaches, and crisis-responsive strategies are explored to support destinations as evolving and iterative systems. Targeting scholars, DMOs, urban planners, tourism professionals, and policymakers, the book provides actionable models to foster innovation in destination design and management. It invites readers to embrace the flourishing destination as a guiding vision for creating meaningful, resilient, and value-generating tourism places.


Fabiola Sfodera is Associate Professor of Marketing at Sapienza University of Rome and Associate Editor of the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management.


Xinran Letho is a Professor in the White Lodging–J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University and Editor-in- chief of the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management.