Tourists' online and face-to-face social contact and destination immersion
Authors: Fan, D., Buhalis, D. and Lin, B.
Journal: e-Review of Tourism Research
Volume: 16
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 224-233
eISSN: 1941-5842
Abstract:Tourism is stated to provide a process of transition. Tourists are claimed to enter a liminal space when traveling. Along with the development of the internet, the liminal sense of tourism has been greatly haunted by the advanced communication technology. The current study, adopting a qualitative approach, explored tourists' online and on-site social contact when traveling with different groups. A six-fold tourist typology was established to portrait their behavioural patterns with robust theoretical evidence supported. A contact-liminality nexus was also developed to indicate different tourist types' tendency between their original zone and the liminal zone. Both theoretical contributions and practical implications were discussed.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32070/
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Tourists' online and face-to-face social contact and destination immersion
Authors: Fan, X., Buhalis, D. and Lin, B.
Journal: e-Review of Tourism Research
Volume: 16
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 224-233
Publisher: Texas A & M University
ISSN: 1941-5842
Abstract:Tourism is stated to provide a process of transition. Tourists are claimed to enter a liminal space when traveling. Along with the development of the internet, the liminal sense of tourism has been greatly haunted by the advanced communication technology. The current study, adopting a qualitative approach, explored tourists' online and on-site social contact when traveling with different groups. A six-fold tourist typology was established to portrait their behavioural patterns with robust theoretical evidence supported. A contact-liminality nexus was also developed to indicate different tourist types' tendency between their original zone and the liminal zone. Both theoretical contributions and practical implications were discuss
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32070/
Source: Manual
Tourists' online and face-to-face social contact and destination immersion
Authors: Fan, D.X.F., Buhalis, D. and Lin, B.
Journal: e-Review of Tourism Research
Volume: 16
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 224-233
ISSN: 1941-5842
Abstract:Tourism is stated to provide a process of transition. Tourists are claimed to enter a liminal space when traveling. Along with the development of the internet, the liminal sense of tourism has been greatly haunted by the advanced communication technology. The current study, adopting a qualitative approach, explored tourists' online and on-site social contact when traveling with different groups. A six-fold tourist typology was established to portrait their behavioural patterns with robust theoretical evidence supported. A contact-liminality nexus was also developed to indicate different tourist types' tendency between their original zone and the liminal zone. Both theoretical contributions and practical implications were discuss
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32070/
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