Harnessing Social Media for Promoting Tourism in Africa: An Exploratory Analysis of Tweets

Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Assefa, Shimelis; Rorissa, Abebe

doi:10.9776/16455

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“…There are many ambiguities as to the extent to which social media affected these movements. An investigation conducted by [62] aimed to shed some light on the broad characteristics of tweets about African cultural heritage. The findings identified possible implications and strategies for tourism stakeholders in their use of social media in general and Twitter in particular.…”

Section: Discussion and Implications For Research In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conceptual Model of the Challenges of Social Media Big Data for Citizen e-Participation: A Systematic Review

Yakobi¹,

Scholtz²,

Berg³

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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The emergence of Citizen Relationship Management (CzRM) for government plays a central role in developing citizen relationships and e-participation. As such, the South African government has shown its commitment towards citizenry and the provision of effective service delivery. Social Media Analytics (SMA) has emerged as a potential new solution to support decision-making for service delivery in CzRM. It is believed that the demand for SMA adoption will increasingly rise. However, the reality of social media Big Data comes with the challenges of analysing it in a way that brings Big Value. The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges of social media Big Data Analytics (BDA) and to incorporate these in a conceptual model that can be used by governments to support the e-participation of citizens. The model was developed through a systematic literature review (SLR). The findings revealed that data challenges relate to designing an optimal architecture for analysing data that caters for both historic data and real-time data at the same time.

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Section: Discussion and Implications For Research In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conceptual Model of the Challenges of Social Media Big Data for Citizen e-Participation: A Systematic Review

Yakobi¹,

Scholtz²,

Berg³

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Tourism does not only reflect traveling to a specific target area but also embraces all activities undertaken during the stay (Assaf and Dwyer, 2013). It also includes the option of day visit and excursion (Alemneh, 2016). In fact, the concept of tourism is a relaxation action which includes a discretional utilisation of time and cash, and entertainment is regularly the principal reason for participation in this industry.…”

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Building a Heritage Tourism Development Blueprint for Bangladesh: An Explorative Investigation

Islam

Wahab

2020

ijthr

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Purpose of the study: Bangladesh is blessed with all the possibility to be an imperative heritage destination on global premises, whereas there are a number of obstacles that can obstruct the effective development of the heritage tourism segment in the country. As a result, the present study targets to explore major issues that are critical in the development process of heritage tourism. Methodology: The study has organised 25 semi-structured interview procedures for data collection. The respondents are judgementally selected on the basis of their frequent tourism activities. Findings: The analysis has revealed some critical issues related to governance, institutional requirements, integration, and resource allocation. Application: The findings of the study can possibly help the authority to formulate a suitable strategy regarding the development of heritage tourism in Bangladesh. The outcomes of the study also serve a direction on how better tourist experience can be configured in the country's heritage destinations. Novelty/Originality of the study: The explorative nature of the investigation has the benefit of accumulating useful and insightful info about heritage tourism issues in Bangladesh comparing to what can obtain through quantitative testings. It is also one of the few attempts to identify and categorise the valuable heritage tourism products inside Bangladesh.

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Harnessing Social Media for Promoting Tourism in Africa: An Exploratory Analysis of Tweets

Cited by 2 publications

References 3 publications

A Conceptual Model of the Challenges of Social Media Big Data for Citizen e-Participation: A Systematic Review

A Conceptual Model of the Challenges of Social Media Big Data for Citizen e-Participation: A Systematic Review

Building a Heritage Tourism Development Blueprint for Bangladesh: An Explorative Investigation

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