Online information Impact in the virtual destination image formation

The influence of the destination image in the decision process and choice of destination by tourists is transverse to its intangible nature. Recent studies expand and modify the conventional image constructs specifying information sources transmitted through the internet. The scenario resulting from...

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Published inDos Algarves no. 23; pp. 27 - 50
Main Authors Célia Maria Conceição Salmim Rafael, Aurélia Maria da Silva Guerra Rodrigues de Almeida
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidade do Algarve 01.05.2014
Subjects
e-tourism
online virtual tourism
virtual experience
virtual image destination
virtual tourism destination
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Summary:The influence of the destination image in the decision process and choice of destination by tourists is transverse to its intangible nature. Recent studies expand and modify the conventional image constructs specifying information sources transmitted through the internet. The scenario resulting from the literature review allows us to understand the importance of experience for touristic activity and theoretical proposition of virtual tourism as "virtual tourist experience", its determinants and its implications for the overall image destination formation. This study presents a literature review base to the empiric research proposal whose general objective comprises the analysis of the influence of factors, such as interactivity, in online communication and contact with virtual tourism experiences online in image destination formation and image destination.
ISSN:2182-5580