Design Science in Tourism - Foundations of Destination Management
Series
Tourism on the Verge
ISBN
978-3-319-42771-3
Type
book section
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Fesenmaier, Daniel R.
Xiang, Zheng
Abstract
This book explores the impact of design science and design thinking on tourism planning, gathering contributions from leading autorities in the field of tourism research and providing a comprehensive and interconnected Panorama of cutting-edge results that influence the current and future design of tourist destinations.
The book builds on recent findings in psychology, geography and urban and regional planning, as well as from economics, marketing and communications, and explores the opportunities arising from recent advances in the Internet and related technologies like memory, storage, RFID, GIS, mobile and social media in the context of collecting and analyzing traveler-related data. It presents a broad range of insights and cases on how modern design approaches can be used to develop new and better touristic experiences and how they enable the tourism indutry to tack and communicate with visitors in a more meaningful way and more effectively manage visitor experiences.
The book builds on recent findings in psychology, geography and urban and regional planning, as well as from economics, marketing and communications, and explores the opportunities arising from recent advances in the Internet and related technologies like memory, storage, RFID, GIS, mobile and social media in the context of collecting and analyzing traveler-related data. It presents a broad range of insights and cases on how modern design approaches can be used to develop new and better touristic experiences and how they enable the tourism indutry to tack and communicate with visitors in a more meaningful way and more effectively manage visitor experiences.
Language
English
Book title
Design Science in Tourism : Foundations of Destination Management
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Publisher place
Cham
Start page
195
End page
214
Pages
20
Eprints ID
249513