Tourism and online photography

Lo, Iris Sheungting; McKercher, Bob; Lo, Ada; Cheung, Catherine; Law, Rob

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2010.06.001

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“…Recently, tourism has become the number one industry for the online transactions volume (Mack, Blose, & Bing Pan, 2008). The rapid increase in internet and social media usage brings new challenges and opportunities both for tourism destinations and travellers (Schmallegger & Carson, 2008) because it changes the information search and purchase behaviours of travellers (Lo, McKercher, Lo, Cheung, & Law, 2011), ultimately impacting on the way in which destination images are formed. The internet offers extensive opportunities for immediate and direct relationships between market constituents and this has severe consequences for the processes that form images.…”

Section: Destination Image Formation In the Contemporary Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the contents of social media platforms are not directly controlled by DMOs, they include both positive and negative comments about destinations. These comments affect and change the perceptions of potential travellers (Carson, 2008;Lo et al, 2011;Miguéns, Baggio, & Costa, 2008). However, there is scepticism about the credibility and trustworthiness of these comments.…”

Section: Destination Image Formation In the Contemporary Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rethinking destination image formation

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Kavaratzis

Saren

2016

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to conceptualization of destination image (DI) and shed light on the overlooked socio-cultural aspects of tourism along with recent technological changes. It endeavours to develop a framework to conceptualize DI formation considering socio-cultural, political, historical and technological influences. Design/methodology/approach – Unlike the orthodoxy in tourism research, tourism phenomenon is approached from a wider social science perspective. To cast light on the progress in DI research, a critical literature review is followed by evaluation of the well-known DI formation frameworks in tourism literature. Seminal articles, cornerstones of DI studies, are critically discussed in this paper. While stressing the prominence of these studies, their shortcomings are also examined. Findings – The paper introduces a novel framework of DI formation that helps bring DI research further through a wider socio-cultural perspective. The framework incorporates holistic characteristics of DI and the contemporary technological environment. Originality/value – This paper proposes a nuanced and more holistic understanding of DI. While most of the previous studies overlooked socio-cultural, historical, political, economic and technological factors, they have been explicitly addressed in the framework proposed in this paper.

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Section: Destination Image Formation In the Contemporary Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Destination Image Formation In the Contemporary Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking destination image formation

Kişlali

Kavaratzis

Saren

2016

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

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“…Recent developments in mobile applications has further moved social interactions to the next level by allowing them to take place on social media platforms and through sharing the experiences with the selected social friends or groups. Online photo sharing and interaction on social networking sites have been an important phenomenon in this era, particularly on younger users, when travelling (Lo, McKercher, Lo, Cheung, & Law, 2011) and this evidence gives an implication for the tourist experience in the airport context. Current research also addressed that the uploading of photos of travellers on Facebook helps enhance the perception of place and that photos shape the travel experience (see Kim, Kim, & Wise, 2014;Larsen, 2007;White, 2009).…”

Section: Sociological Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

An Airport Experience Framework from a Tourism Perspective

2015

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This study, by integrating the perspectives of sociological, psychological, and service marketing and management, all of which affect the passenger experience, proposes a theoretical framework for the creation of the airport experience in relation to tourism. This research responds to the current phenomenon in which airports are offering other types of experiences within the airport terminal, expanding the role of an airport from being a utility for transportation into a place where various and different values can be offered. This research explores the current airport experience and adds to research on airport experience by clarifying ten key components necessary for airport passenger experience propositions based on existing research, the current industry phenomena, and the empirical study. The paper also underlines those components that can enhance passenger experience in relation to tourism and highlights the role that airports contribute to a destination.

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“…For example, a number of museums are already on Facebook (http://www.musesphere.com/Facebook/index.htm) and other social networks. The social networks play a significant role as the most popular media of communication in today's society, especially among the young people who are better educated and earn high income (Lo et al 2011). If Bakoni Malapa embraces online social networks it is likely to reach a wide audience and benefit greatly from such audience.…”

Section: Emails and Online Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%