Overview
- Introduces a new perspective on the foundations of tourism design and planning
- Reflects the impacts of the latest technological developments on tourism design and planning
- Provides the foundation for a new area of research and application in the field of tourism management
Part of the book series: Tourism on the Verge (TV)
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About this book
This book explores the impact of design science and design thinking on tourism planning, gathering contributions from leading authorities 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 industry to track and communicate with visitors in a more meaningful way and more effectively manage visitor experiences.Similar content being viewed by others
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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The Foundations of Tourism Design
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The Tools of Tourism Design
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Managing the Dynamics of the Tourism System
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Zeng Xiang, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management in Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. His research interests include travel information search on the Internet, social media marketing, and the impact of information technology on the tourism and hospitality industries.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Design Science in Tourism
Book Subtitle: Foundations of Destination Management
Editors: Daniel R. Fesenmaier, Zheng Xiang
Series Title: Tourism on the Verge
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42773-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42771-3Published: 12 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82660-8Published: 16 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42773-7Published: 04 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-2611
Series E-ISSN: 2366-262X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 272
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Tourism Management, Marketing, e-Business/e-Commerce, Business Information Systems