Recent efforts towards the new space era

Collins, Patrick; Maita, Masataka; Stockmans, Richard; Kobayashi, Shígeo

doi:10.2514/6.1996-4581

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“…The transitions from astronauts to now billionaire has not been taken very well among the masses as they look forward to inclusive space tourism. Time and again the prominence of rich class as space tourists has been highlighted in the media (Roulette, 2021; Crane, 2021) and is in lines with our results. Space tourism seemingly has a huge fan following on social media with users expressing their willingness and aspirations to travel to space.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Social media has become a powerful hub of information around the world. Classical studies have based conclusions on surveys that have not been much instrumental in understanding the future of space tourism (Collins, 1994a(Collins, , 1994b(Collins, , 1995(Collins, , 1996O'Neil, 1998), and others have followed to assess only limited interests and desires and, unable to tap the future behaviour (Futron Corp, 2002).…”

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“I need some space!” deciphering space tourism discussions on social media

Gulati

2022

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Purpose Space tourism is fairly neglected in academic research and requires further exploration. Public reaction on social media offers great insights to understand the patterns of behaviour but is often ignored as a potential data source. Thus, this study aims to fill the gap by add to the literature on space tourism, social media analytics and behaviour. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a qualitative approach and uses Twitter data for drawing conclusions. An exploratory design is used by analysing 10,000 tweets through unsupervised machine learning and two sets of analysis were conducted. First, sentiment analysis is performed using NRC Emotion Lexicon, which classifies the data as per eight basic emotions and polarity as positive and negative. The findings are complemented with a comparison cloud. Second, LDA Topic modelling using Gibbs Method is used to find ten broad topics that are used for discussions in space tourism tweets. Data visualisation technique is used to depict results using R language on RStudio. Findings A total of 21,784 emotions have tapped using the NRC Emotion Lexicon. Results indicate the dominance of positive sentiments (25%) with it surpassing the negative sentiments by many folds. The top emotions include trust and anticipation. The LDA-based Topic modelling identified seven correlated topic models that have been grouped by the author as space tourism in media, aspirations, ethical issues, criticism, descriptive, symbolism and miscellaneous. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, no study has attempted to study the response of space tourism on social media by tapping discussions in the form of Tweets. Thus, this study adds extensively and acts as a preliminary investigation on the public sentiments of space tourism on social media.

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Section: Implications Limitations and Conclusionsupporting

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“I need some space!” deciphering space tourism discussions on social media

Gulati

2022

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“…Barrett ( 1999 ) replicated the Collins' surveys Collins, Maita, et al, 1996 ;Stockmans et al, 1995 ) in the United Kingdom on a much smaller sample of only 72 people: 35 per cent of respondents stated an interest in taking a trip into space, and 12 per cent were prepared to pay one year's salary for such a tour. Abitzsch's estimates for global market demand, derived by consolidating his and the various Collins et al results, produced more price elastic figures than the CSTS study, ranging from 170 passengers per year at a price level of US$500,000 to 20 million passengers at US$1,000.…”

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“…The most concerted effort to examine public interest in space tourism in a variety of countries has been carried out by Collins and others who studied public interest in Japan, the US and Canada Collins, Maita et al, 1996 ;Stockmans et al, 1995 ). In their 1993 Japanese study, 3,030 Japanese were asked whether they would like to travel into space: 80 per cent of the respondents under the age of 60 responded positively compared to about 45 per cent of respondents older than 60.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Research

Hsu¹,

Gartner²

2012

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The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Research is a compendium of some of the most relevant issues affecting tourism development today. The topics addressed in this book provide some new thinking for those involved in tourism research. This book takes the reader from the beginnings of tourism research to a discussion of emerging forms of tourism and selected examples of tourism development. The underlying theoretical dimensions are reviewed, analysed and discussed from a number of perspectives. This book brings together leading researchers, many of whom are members of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, to discuss tourism today and its future.The works included in this volume are diverse, in terms of geographical context, research methodology, root discipline, and perspective. This book represents studies based in Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia. Research methodologies include both quantitative and qualitative. Both macro and micro issues are discussed from the economic, psychological, sociological, political science, marketing, and other perspectives, which reflect the interdisciplinary nature of tourism studies.This book is divided into six parts. Part 1 considers the foundations for tourism research. Part 2 discusses the implications for destination management and Part 3 discusses planning for tourism development. Part 4 covers human capital for tourism development. Part 5 evaluates emerging forms of tourism and finally Part 6 offers insights into tourism evolution.The book offers the reader a comprehensive synthesis of this field, conveying the latest thinking and research. The text will provide an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in tourism research. This is essential reading for students, researchers and academics of tourism as well as those of related studies, in particular leisure, hospitality and development studies.

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“…About 20% indicated a preparedness to spend 1-year's pay or more on space tourism, and most interest was in travel of several days' duration. Collins et al (1996) undertook an additional telephone survey in Japan. Of 500 respondents, 7 indicated they would be prepared to pay between 5,010,000 and 10,000,000 yen (approximately U.S.$40,000 to U.S.$80,000) for a 2-day stay in orbit, equating to 1.7 million potential Japanese.…”

Section: Commercial Space Transportation Studymentioning

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The Market for Space Tourism: Early Indications

Crouch

2001

Journal of Travel Research

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The development and growth of space tourism faces a number of hurdles. Producing credible and reliable estimates of market demand represents one of the most significant of these. This article examines the early indications of the market for space tourism based on the limited research conducted to date. It identifies several research challenges and considers methodological alternatives that might improve research findings.

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Recent efforts towards the new space era

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“I need some space!” deciphering space tourism discussions on social media

“I need some space!” deciphering space tourism discussions on social media

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