Social Media Usage on Tourists’ Trip Planning Process Among Youth

Purpose: Tourists' reliance on social media has increased in recent years. Tourists favor social media over traditional ones for trip preparation and travel decisions. This study examines social media usage on pre, during, and post-trip planning among domestic visitors. Methods/Design/approach: The results were obtained via self-administered online questionnaires from Malaysian tourists who had previously visited attractions in the state of Pahang. This study quantified social media usage in two areas: trip planning and perceived trust. Findings: The results show that respondents use social media heavily before trips compared to during and after trips, namely Instagram and WhatsApp. The results also suggest that respondents trust and rely on travel information from all the six social media platforms suggested. Implication/Limitations: Future studies may incorporate larger samples from various demographic groups and tourist classifications

Tourism Challenges in the Baltic States Since EU Enlargement

The paper gives explanation of tourism processes changes in the three Baltic States since 1st May, 2004. The number of tourists are increased in the all three Baltic States during EU enlargement. It does not mean that the benefits from tourism and travel industry is increased at the same figures at the same time because of many tourists are spending small amount of money or they are not spending at all. The main issue is to provide sustainable tourism products for foreign markets, not seperate activities. At the same time it is necessary to develop new sustainable tourism attractions in cities and in rural areas by local initiative if Baltic States wants to increase income from tourism and travel industry.

Test on Interface Design and Usability of Indonesia Official Tourism Website

Indoncsia tourism and travel information should reach people from all levels of society around the world. To do this, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia must meet the wide audience various needs. The case study in this article is the website "Visit Indonesia-Indonesia Official Websitc for Tourism and Travel Information" which can be accessed at http://indonesia.travel!. We chose this case study to see the website interface design and usability, in addition, we are going to popularize Indonesia tourism and travel highlights. The purpose of this article is to see the website's usability functions, to evaluate the, website interface design and 10 give somc suggestions in order to make a better interface design that will escalate the wcbsite usability

Creating a Tourism Center at the University of Minnesota

The Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, has been providing tourism and travel research and adult education for the past 30 years. Due to the rapid growth of the travel and tourism industry, the University has created a Tourism Center in order to coordinate the many disciplines that can assist this large industry and provide industry representatives better access to University resources. While the Center concept is widely used within the University setting, it is relatively new in the tourism and travel field. Developing stable funding for the Center, broadening the constituency served, improving working relationships with industry groups and legitimizing tourism and travel as an activity of the University are the Center\u27s high priorities

Imagining a New Italy to Create Italians. Le Vie d’Italia from 1917 to 1935

This article is situated in the framework of the editorial products through which Touring reinvented tourism and travel in the early part of the 1900s. It concentrates on the magazine Le Vie d’Italia, proposing a rereading starting from the covers, which, up through 1935, exhibited a product, or rather, an Italian product brand each month in place of the traditional beauty of the landscape. These covers/manifestos suggest a new visual of the landscape and build the new view for Italians, relying on the rhetorical mechanism—amply tested historically—of figures of the landscape operating as a topic

Corporate Reputation in Tourism: Customer’s Point of View

Modern tourism is an industry which role in ensuring the economic development of individual states and the world economy as a whole cannot be overestimated. The success of tourism and travel enterprises often depends on their corporate reputation. This article is devoted to the study of the elements and their connection with the peculiarities of different segments behavior. To assess the consumer's response to the corporative reputation the ranking methods were used in course of decrease of exponent importance; Likert five-grade scale. There were taken the constituent parts of corporate nature and the main elements of company reputation as the variables, which influence the consumer's decision on buying the service. Paper examines three issues: the possibility of a connection between the company's nature and corporative reputation elements; the factors affecting the purchase decision of tourism service; and the corporative reputation's place in the formation of consumer's behavior of the tourism company client. During the research there was found the connection between the company's nature and the corporate reputation elements, there were also found factors that effect the decision about buying the tourism product; the personal experience and the opinion of reference group turned out to be the most important. The essential influence of the corporate reputation on the client's behavior was found. Nevertheless, the obtained results differ for different groups, which were formed according to gender, age, income rate, belonging to a profession and the typical consumer behavior. The obtained results may be used by the companies of tourism and travel industry for identifying the target audience and for the development of the PR-campaigns

Time to transform the way we travel?: A conceptual framework for slow tourism and travel research

Slow food movement gave rise to subsequent movements including Cittáslow and slow tourism. This emphasises a steady state mindful approach to travel and consumption patterns. With consideration for pressing issues like overtourism, mass tourism and the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is pertinent to discuss viable alternatives to a fast-paced life and travel that we consider normal. One such alternative is slow tourism that accentuates sustainable tourism practices as well as tourism at a reduced pace. It endorses mindfulness in travelling and discovering destinations in a responsible manner. Furthermore, slow travel aims to promote tourists\u27 consumption-oriented enjoyment of experience through slow-paced and low carbon emission travel patterns. An in-depth scientometric review coupled with a critical qualitative review highlights the state-of-the-art of slow tourism and travel research, offers an integrative multilevel and multistage framework, and proposes future research avenues drawing on the gaps within the slow tourism and travel research