Digitalization-driven innovations in tourism – the consumer behaviour in focus
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14267/TURBULL.2022v22n4.2Keywords:
digitalization, tourism planning, travel decision-making, social media, consumer behaviourAbstract
Over the last thirty years, significant changes have occurred in tourism, both in the macro environment and on the consumer and supply side as a result of digitalization. The latter and digitization-driven innovations have transformed the entire process of travel planning and consumer behavior before, during, and after the trip. In this study, based on a critical analysis of the literature, the authors focus on the consumer side with the aim to identify the effects of digitalization on consumer behavior at certain stages of the travel decision. In the current study, examining this topic, we found that the travel decision-making process, which was previously considered sequential, is now becoming blurred in time and space. Therefore, the outcome of the tourism decision-making process is less predictable. Social media play a significant role in the tourism decision-making process and and it also affect the absorption of the experience and the immersion in it.
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