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Disclosing The Economic Impact Of The Vacation Home Industry On Osceola County: A 2016 Affirmative Report, Robertico R. Croes, Tadayuki Hara Sep 2016

Disclosing The Economic Impact Of The Vacation Home Industry On Osceola County: A 2016 Affirmative Report, Robertico R. Croes, Tadayuki Hara

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

The purpose of this report is to assess the economic impact of the vacation home segment in the Kissimmee/Osceola area. The report was commissioned by Experience Kissimmee in response to the growing significance of the vacation home segment in the tourist industry of the county. The 2008 report from the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies (DPITS) of the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida served as the baseline for the current DPITS report.

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Images Of Alzheimer’S: A Visual Analysis Of The Imagery Used To Globally Market Alzheimer’S Services Online​, Elizabeth Spencer, Alicia Mason Sep 2016

Images Of Alzheimer’S: A Visual Analysis Of The Imagery Used To Globally Market Alzheimer’S Services Online​, Elizabeth Spencer, Alicia Mason

Faculty Submissions

Currently more than 46 million people are living with dementia globally (ADI, 2015). The World Health Organization (WHO) reports the worldwide population of persons 60 years of age and older will more than triple between 2000 and 2050 to two billion. The concept of Western patients receiving long-term dementia care in foreign countries is a new and emerging phenomenon (Gray, 2013; Pomareda, 2014; Wegerer, 2014). This study examines the visual images within Alzheimer’s care facility websites (n=105) and uses a cross cultural comparison lens to contrast differences in patient representations and treatment facilities. The goal of this study is to …

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Careers In Culinary Arts, James Peter Murphy Aug 2016

Careers In Culinary Arts, James Peter Murphy

Conference papers

The purpose of this presentation was to give individuals interested in pursuing a career in culinary arts the advice and access to education surrounding this field. Culinary arts covers the multidisciplinary field and areas of practice and study which includes culinary performing arts (cooking), gastronomy (food studies), bakery and pastry arts, food and beverage studies (bar, restaurant, barista), wine studies , food product development and health, hygiene and nutrition. So many individuals have come into this industry and gained local, national and international success.

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A Fast Algorithm For Personalized Travel Planning Recommendation, Aldy Gunawan, Hoong Chuin Lau, Kun Lu Aug 2016

A Fast Algorithm For Personalized Travel Planning Recommendation, Aldy Gunawan, Hoong Chuin Lau, Kun Lu

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

With the pervasive use of recommender systems and web/mobile applications such as TripAdvisor and Booking.com, an emerging interest is to generate personalized tourist routes based on a tourist’s preferences and time budget constraints, often in real-time. The problem is generally known as the Tourist Trip Design Problem (TTDP) which is a route-planning problem on multiple Points of Interest (POIs). TTDP can be considered as an extension of the classical problem of Team Orienteering Problem with Time Windows (TOPTW). The objective of the TOPTW is to determine a fixed number of routes that maximize the total collected score. The TOPTW also …

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Applicability And Usefulness Of The Stakeholder Strategy Matrix For Festival Management, Mathilda Van Niekerk Jul 2016

Applicability And Usefulness Of The Stakeholder Strategy Matrix For Festival Management, Mathilda Van Niekerk

Rosen Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This article examines the applicability and usefulness of the stakeholder strategy matrix in the context of festival management. An extensive literature review gave rise to the development of an online survey. Data for the study were collected from festival managers in the US. This empirical study indicated that internal and external festival stakeholders differ from each other in significant ways, and that different management strategies should be used to manage them. The stakeholder strategy matrix appears to be more effective for the management of internal festival stakeholders and the least effective for managing external festival stakeholders. Based on the results …

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Why Rita? Devotional Practice And Pilgrimage Intent Towards A Medieval Italian Saint In Central Dublin, Tony Kiely Jul 2016

Why Rita? Devotional Practice And Pilgrimage Intent Towards A Medieval Italian Saint In Central Dublin, Tony Kiely

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Devotion to iconic religious figures, though being as old as Christianity itself. Furthermore, it can range from being deeply personal and intense (Kasten, 2014; Mayblin, 2014; Ganzevoort, 2008; Jansen & Kuhl, 2008; Ghezzi, 2007; Martin, 2006; Ellsberg, 2006), to superficially tangential and ephemeral (Coles, 2012; Tari & Vanni, 2008), wherein devotional strategies may be rooted in ‘quid pro quo’ dependencies, parental influences, or ‘accidentally triggered’ interest in the hagiography of a particular saint. However, pilgrimage motivations, expectations and experiences are often seen as altogether different matters. Indeed, the modern pilgrim is often motivated by a combination of impulses, including the …

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Spirituality And The Travel Motivations Of Older Adults, Gaëlle Moal - Ulvoas Jul 2016

Spirituality And The Travel Motivations Of Older Adults, Gaëlle Moal - Ulvoas

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This research explores the travel motivations of retired adults. The influence of aging is investigated through the impact of the spiritual dimension of the older traveler characterized by his gerotranscendence. The results of 17 depth interviews with retired adults followed by a quantitative survey of 645 respondents lead to the identification of the travel motivations of retired French adults and demonstrate the influence of gerotranscendence. Recommendations are made to help professionals reach this specific segment and answer its needs.

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Malta: A Differentiated Approach To The Pilgrim-Tourist Dichotomy, George Cassar, Dane Munro Jul 2016

Malta: A Differentiated Approach To The Pilgrim-Tourist Dichotomy, George Cassar, Dane Munro

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Tourism is today considered to be a main player in most countries of the world. A particular sector of tourism, pilgrimage and faith-based tourism, has proven to be crises-resistant. The synergy of this sector is a mixture of religious sentiments, demands and motivations and on the other hand there is the rationality of the tourism infrastructure. This paper argues that the islands of the present republic of Malta have been a pilgrims’ destination from Neolithic times to the present. The islands’ rich cultural, religious and historic fabric offers Roman Catholics, Protestants and participants of the New Religious Movements an opportunity …

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Pilgrimage As Tourism Experience: The Case Of The Ignatian Way, Marina Abad-Galzacorta, Basagaitz Guereño-Omil, Amaia Makua, José Luis Iriberri, Ricard Santomà Jul 2016

Pilgrimage As Tourism Experience: The Case Of The Ignatian Way, Marina Abad-Galzacorta, Basagaitz Guereño-Omil, Amaia Makua, José Luis Iriberri, Ricard Santomà

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Nowadays, millions of pilgrims travel every year to a variety of sanctuaries and religious sites (Robles, 2001). The religious motivation to travel is one of the most ancient motivations and it has been researched from diverse perspectives (Griffin, 2007). It is widely recognised that religious tourist is often a more loyal type of tourist, characterised by a shorter but recurrent stays to the visiting destination (Robles, 2001). However, “religious tourism” is sometimes confusing and difficult to classify (Griffin, 2007), and the dichotomy of secular and spiritual tourism needs further clarification (Nolan and Nolan, 1992; Millán et al., 2010). Data from …

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Exploring The Motives Of Religious Travel By Applying The Ahp Method – The Case Study Of Monastery Vujan (Serbia), Sanja Božic, Bojana Spasojević, Miroslav D. Vujičić, Igor Stamenkovic Jul 2016

Exploring The Motives Of Religious Travel By Applying The Ahp Method – The Case Study Of Monastery Vujan (Serbia), Sanja Božic, Bojana Spasojević, Miroslav D. Vujičić, Igor Stamenkovic

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Religious tourism is considered as the oldest form of people’s travel. Thousands of years ago people travelled miles led by religious motives. Even though pilgrimage is older than most of the other tourism forms, research on the major motives for religious travel still occupies scientific attention. Vujan Monastery represents one of the main riddles among religious tourism researchers in Serbia. After the mysterious healing of Serbian Patriarch Pavle in 1946 who suffered from tuberculosis, this monastery became one of the most famous sacred places for orthodox Christians. The principle aim of this paper is to propose a new way for …

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Demographic Characteristics Influencing Religious Tourism Behaviour: Evidence Form A Central-Eastern-European Country, Anna Irimias, Ariel Mitev, Gabor Michalko Jul 2016

Demographic Characteristics Influencing Religious Tourism Behaviour: Evidence Form A Central-Eastern-European Country, Anna Irimias, Ariel Mitev, Gabor Michalko

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Although religious tourism and pilgrimage have been widely studied there is very limited research that explores the peculiarities in attitude and behaviour among tourists with different demographic factors. The present exploratory study enhances the discussion on perception of religious tourism behaviour. Specifically, eleven statements on attitude and behaviour were explored among 345 Hungarians with different socio-demographic backgrounds. The results show that there are significant variations between senior and young travellers: seniors see as important, the educational purposes and feelings of national identity related to sacred sites while these are less motivating for the young. The frequency of participating in religious …

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Interfaith Tourist Behaviour At Religious Heritage Sites: House Of The Virgin Mary Case In Turkey, Zafer Öter, Mehmet Yavuz Çeti̇nkaya Jul 2016

Interfaith Tourist Behaviour At Religious Heritage Sites: House Of The Virgin Mary Case In Turkey, Zafer Öter, Mehmet Yavuz Çeti̇nkaya

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This study questions selected behavioural aspects of travellers belonging to different religious beliefs during their religious heritage site visits. Tourist behaviour needs to be analysed in specific circumstances. This study aims to clarify in situ problems experienced by religious tourists, behavioural differences of tourists with different beliefs, and religious tourist behaviour regarding cultural heritage site protection. A qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews has been followed. Documentary analysis provided secondary data. On-site observation and face-to-face interviews with key-informants provided primary data. Snowball (referral) sampling was applied as non-probability sampling was convenient for data collection. Primary data suggest that visitor behaviour tends …

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Vol. 4(Iv) Title Page And Table Of Contents Jul 2016

Vol. 4(Iv) Title Page And Table Of Contents

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

No abstract provided.

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"(Don’T You) Wish You Were Here?”: Narcissism, Envy And Sharing Of Travel Photos Through Social Media: An Extended Abstract, David G. Taylor Jul 2016

"(Don’T You) Wish You Were Here?”: Narcissism, Envy And Sharing Of Travel Photos Through Social Media: An Extended Abstract, David G. Taylor

WCBT Faculty Publications

Consumers are increasingly relying on user-generated content on social media for their awareness and subsequent decisions regarding travel destinations. This user-generated content – photos, comments, narratives and stories – is perceived by consumers to be more trustworthy and reliable compared to traditional sources of tourism information. ). Thus, understanding consumer motivations for sharing their travel through social media may provide tremendous advantage for tourism marketers.

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Pengaruh Tingkat Literasi Keuangan Pemilik Usahaterhadap Pengeloaan Keuangan. Studi Kasus : Umkm Depok, Birawani Dwi Anggraeni Jun 2016

Pengaruh Tingkat Literasi Keuangan Pemilik Usahaterhadap Pengeloaan Keuangan. Studi Kasus : Umkm Depok, Birawani Dwi Anggraeni

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Financial literacy affects a person's way of thinking on the financial condition and influence strategic decisions in terms of finances and better management for business owners. This study uses secondary data as study materials which will be given to the micro level that businesses with a turnover of up to 300M per year in which the segment in general do not have good financial records to then be used as financial statements. In a study using 12 samples of SMEs in the area of Depok randomly selected. This study uses processed using descriptive statistics as well as the weighting at …

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Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Terhadap Komitmenorganisasi Karyawan Ukm Di Wilayah Depok Jawa Barat, Dede Suryanto, Wulan Prihatiningsih Jun 2016

Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan Terhadap Komitmenorganisasi Karyawan Ukm Di Wilayah Depok Jawa Barat, Dede Suryanto, Wulan Prihatiningsih

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Organizational commitment is a psychological state that characterizes employee relationship with the organization. It has implication for the decision to continue membership in the organization. Employee with high commitment is a valuable asset in operating the company in order to maintain Company’s sustainability. This research proposes that organizational commitment is influenced by leadership style. The hypothesis is tested using data obtained from 60 respondents who work in Small and Medium enterprises in Depok. The results shows that transformational leadership style affects positively on affective commitment but it doesn’t affect normative commitment. Besides that, transactional leadership style doesn’t affect continuance commitment, …

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Analisis Kualitas Pelayanan Sub Bagian Akademik (Sba Program Vokasi Universitas Indonesia, Sancoko Sancoko, Mohammad Riduansyah, Wahyu Nofiantoro Jun 2016

Analisis Kualitas Pelayanan Sub Bagian Akademik (Sba Program Vokasi Universitas Indonesia, Sancoko Sancoko, Mohammad Riduansyah, Wahyu Nofiantoro

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Measurement tools service quality is using Serv Quality Method. In this study, we tried to see different gap between students' perceptions of employee performance with the level of interest/expectations of students to an existing service using five indicators Serv Quality. Aspects studied is, reliability aspects, responsiveness aspect, assurance Aspects, empathy aspects, and the tangibles aspects. SBA research object because they become the frontline in shaping the image of the ministry in Program vocational UI. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method with quantitative approach., ie research that describes a data collection on the observations that have been …

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Pemetaan Profil Pasien/Klien Rumah Sakit Umumdaerah (Rsud) Kota X Menggunakan Net Promoter Score, Elsa Roselina Jun 2016

Pemetaan Profil Pasien/Klien Rumah Sakit Umumdaerah (Rsud) Kota X Menggunakan Net Promoter Score, Elsa Roselina

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Regional General Hospital City X is the only government-owned hospitals of city X, had some vision including provide excellent service quality plenary to the whole society. Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a tool and concept of customer satisfaction, which through NPS companies can see their performance according to the customer's perspective. This study aimed to obtain consumer profiles and identify strengths and weaknesses in the service of the Regional General Hospital City X based on the perception of consumers. This study used a quantitative approach with survey method. Data captured in one shoot measurement from August until September 2015. Instruments …

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Evaluasi Spt Tahunan Elektronik, Elsie Sylviana Kasim, Titin Fachriah Nur Jun 2016

Evaluasi Spt Tahunan Elektronik, Elsie Sylviana Kasim, Titin Fachriah Nur

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Evaluation of services of Electronic Annual Tax Return is conducted to determine the quality of services of Electronic Annual Tax Return. This is done by using the five Service Quality (SERVQUAL) dimensions which are tangibles, realibility, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. The result of the research and analysis of Evaluation of services of Electronic Annual Tax Return concluded that Taxpayers are satisfied with the quality of Electronic Annual Tax Return. Advices given to the djponline.pajak.go.id websites is it should be more attentive to the needs of the Taxpayers. Djponline.pajak.go.id websites should not only pay attention to the functions but also increased …

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Analisis Persepsi Kualitas Perkuliahan Di Laboratorium Perkantora Dan Sekretari Program Pendidikan Vokasi Universitas Indonesia, Istiadi Istiadi, Mohammad Ridha Jun 2016

Analisis Persepsi Kualitas Perkuliahan Di Laboratorium Perkantora Dan Sekretari Program Pendidikan Vokasi Universitas Indonesia, Istiadi Istiadi, Mohammad Ridha

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Laboratory of the study Program is the on factor that imfluence the quality of student in the process of their study in Vocational Program . In order that, laboratory must become the crucial factor in producing qualified alumni. The quality of teaching ini laboratory in general was imfluenced some factors like: lecturer/instructur, curicullum, tools or su pported facilities in laboratory. For that reason, in this research we want to know the general of student in laboratory teaching. Factors that was identified included : degree of student satisfaction, quality of teaching, and laboratory supporting facilities . Output of this research is …

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Pengembangan Potensi Desa Wisata Berbasis Budayatinjauan Terhadap Desa Wisata Di Jawa Tengah, Priyanto Priyanto, Dyah Safitri Jun 2016

Pengembangan Potensi Desa Wisata Berbasis Budayatinjauan Terhadap Desa Wisata Di Jawa Tengah, Priyanto Priyanto, Dyah Safitri

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

This study to unearth village tourism for culture attraction tourim and to show there are some basic problem for existence village tourism in Central Jawa. The methodology was used qualitative research method with descriptive analysis. The result of this stuy indicate that for general potential cultural village tourism in Central Java is many. The problems that for like human resource, infrastructure & facillity, promotion. The problems can be finish with active any other especialy the people from culture village tourism.

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Sloof Dan Indentifikasi Kearifan Lokal Dikalangan Pekerja Bangunan, Muhammad Zakaria Umar Jun 2016

Sloof Dan Indentifikasi Kearifan Lokal Dikalangan Pekerja Bangunan, Muhammad Zakaria Umar

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Measurement tools service quality is using Serv Quality Method. In this study, we tried to see different gap between students' perceptions of employee performance with the level of interest/expectations of students to an existing service using five indicators Serv Quality. Aspects studied is, reliability aspects, responsiveness aspect, assurance Aspects, empathy aspects, and the tangibles aspects. SBA research object because they become the frontline in shaping the image of the ministry in Program vocational UI. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method with quantitative approach., ie research that describes a data collection on the observations that have been …

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Kualitas Informasi Laporan Keuangan Entitas Sektor Publik Daerah X, Marsdenia Marsdenia Jun 2016

Kualitas Informasi Laporan Keuangan Entitas Sektor Publik Daerah X, Marsdenia Marsdenia

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

This study has objective to analyze factors influencing public sector entity’s financial statement informations quality. Factors examined include quality of human resources, internal control system, information technology utilization and external factors as a moderating variable. Originally RSUD X is Private Hospital namely RS Y Kota A, then, in Mid 2014 have been transformed to be RSUD X as local gorvernment hospital City of A. Metodologi research for this study is Quantitative Research Method by Questionnaires or Surveys approach through respondent for this study is the human resources involved in the functions of accounting, finance and Billing for BPJS and staff …

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The Real Winners : Aplikasi Knowledge Management Dalam Industri Perbankan Nasional, Heri Yuliyanto Jun 2016

The Real Winners : Aplikasi Knowledge Management Dalam Industri Perbankan Nasional, Heri Yuliyanto

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Mastery of information technology is important for the banking industry has an oligopoly market structure, but does not guarantee a sustainable competitive advantage. To win the competition is not only determined by the technologically and price (interest given), but also factors mastery of knowledge and information currently an issue that is very strategic. If a bank uses technology as an advantage its competitiveness, then the advantage will be temporary, because the technology has the properties easily imitated. However, if the advantages of information technology along with the mastery of information and knowledge of quality management, the competitors require greater effort …

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2016 Spartan Race Survey Kit Visitor Study, Megan Tanner Schultz Jun 2016

2016 Spartan Race Survey Kit Visitor Study, Megan Tanner Schultz

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This study was conducted for the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitor Bureau to provide insight into the characteristics of attendees of the 2016 Spartan Race. Paper surveys on site were completed by 432 attendees and/or participants of the event. Results show that 49% of respondents were registered participants of the event while 51% were spectators. Residents of Montana made up 47% of the respondents and of those Montana residents, 33% were from Flathead County. Out-of-county respondents spent an average of 3.73 nights away from home. Of those nights, an average of 3.70 nights were in Montana and 1.40 nights …

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The Role And Usage Of Apps And Instant Messaging In Religious Mass Events, Juan Narbona, Daniel Arasa Jun 2016

The Role And Usage Of Apps And Instant Messaging In Religious Mass Events, Juan Narbona, Daniel Arasa

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Over the last few years, large events have conferred great importance on Event Management, or the management of mass meetings. In the religious sector, for centuries, pilgrimages have been a clear example of mass events of a spiritual nature. Due to globalization and increased mobility, recent times have seen the multiplication of international events without a fixed location: Taizé encounters, Kumbh Mela (India), and World Youth Day are all good examples of this. These events imply at least a threefold spiritual, organizational and touristic challenge, and success in each one of these areas contributes to the favourable result of the …

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The Efficacy Of Heritage Interpretation At The Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches In Ethiopia: Exploring The Need For Integrating Ict-Mediation, Rayviscic Mutinda Ndivo, Lorenzo Cantoni Jun 2016

The Efficacy Of Heritage Interpretation At The Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches In Ethiopia: Exploring The Need For Integrating Ict-Mediation, Rayviscic Mutinda Ndivo, Lorenzo Cantoni

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

The inscription of a property in the World Heritage List serves as a recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). Such recognition gives visitors the expectation that visiting the site would be a unique experience that would fulfil their visitation goals. Need therefore exists to ensure quality heritage interpretation at the particular World Heritage site. This is both beneficial to ensuring adequate presentation of the site’s OUV and visitor satisfaction. This paper seeks to investigate the level of visitor satisfaction with heritage interpretation at the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela one of the most visited attractions in Ethiopia. The study is …

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The Role Of Tourists’ Feedback In The Enhancement Of Religious Tourism Destinations, Stefania Cerutti, Elisa Piva Jun 2016

The Role Of Tourists’ Feedback In The Enhancement Of Religious Tourism Destinations, Stefania Cerutti, Elisa Piva

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Over the last few decades, tourism has faced several challenges and opportunities mostly related to the tremendous rise of online social networks and tourist platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, TripAdvisor, etc.). The revolution brought about by Web 2.0 (or Travel 2.0) has radically changed the behaviour of tourists, who are now able to access information rapidly and to contribute in generating information to share with other users. The advent of the Internet has forced destinations to transform themselves to be more interactive, innovative and efficient as the online consumer is more active, demanding and in control. As a consequence, online reviews …

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Pilgrims In The Digital Age: A Research Manifesto, Silvia Deascaniis, Lorenzo Cantoni Jun 2016

Pilgrims In The Digital Age: A Research Manifesto, Silvia Deascaniis, Lorenzo Cantoni

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

No abstract provided.

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Editorial : Information And Communication Technologies In Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage, Silvia Deascaniis, Lorenzo Cantoni Jun 2016

Editorial : Information And Communication Technologies In Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage, Silvia Deascaniis, Lorenzo Cantoni

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

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