Exploring the role of next-generation virtual technologies in destination marketing

A Marasco, P Buonincontri, M Van Niekerk… - Journal of Destination …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the impact of virtual reality experiences created with the
newest generation of wearable devices on the intention to visit sites and attractions in a …

Exploring consumer behavior in virtual reality tourism using an extended stimulus-organism-response model

MJ Kim, CK Lee, T Jung - Journal of travel research, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Although virtual reality (VR) is an emerging technology in tourism, little research has been
conducted on what factors make consumers visit destinations presented by VR. To address …

Virtual reality in tourism: adoption scepticism and resistance

TH Cham, GWH Tan, ECX Aw, KB Ooi, TW Jee… - Tourism …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Since its inception, virtual reality (VR) technologies have been widely applied in the
tourism industry, given their competitive advantages in offering users a novel experience …

How does virtual tourism involvement impact the social education effect of cultural heritage?

F Ji, F Wang, B Wu - Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Cultural heritage has benefited from virtual tourism in the post-epidemic era, but more
research is needed to understand how virtual tourism can contribute to cultural heritage's …

Advancing tourism recovery through virtual tourism marketing: An integrated approach of uses and gratifications theory and attachment to VR

L Geng, Y Li, Y Zhang, Z Jiang, Y Xue - Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although virtual tourism (VT) has been touted as an effective alternative or transitional
solution to tourism, few researches have been conducted on how to maintain and enhance …

[HTML][HTML] How virtual reality influences travel intentions: The role of mental imagery and happiness forecasting

S Skard, ES Knudsen, H Sjåstad, H Thorbjørnsen - Tourism Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Virtual reality can influence consumer behavior in powerful ways, but in the domain of
tourism marketing, less is known about the psychological process. One possibility is that VR …

Effects of virtual reality on theme park visitors' experience and behaviors: A presence perspective

W Wei, R Qi, L Zhang - Tourism management, 2019 - Elsevier
Advances in virtual reality (VR) technology exert increasingly influential impacts on tourism.
Drawn upon a presence perspective and a process theory, this research aims to explore …

Richness and dynamics: how to improve virtual reality tourism adoption with virtual social clues

J Zhu, Y Jiang, Y Wang, Q Yang, W Li - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Tourism via virtual reality (VR) technology has become an interesting option for
consumers to “travel.” The best approaches to optimizing the VR tourism environment …

The effects of virtual reality tourism involvement on place attachment and behavioral intentions: virtual reality tourism of the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan

F Wang, S Huang, AM Morrison… - Asia Pacific Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The main purpose of this research was to explore the relationships among virtual reality
tourism involvement (VRTI), place attachment, and behavioral intentions. Based on …

Millennials' virtual reality experiences pre-and post-COVID-19

H Kim, KKF So, BJ Mihalik, AP Lopes - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drawing upon the stimuli-organism-response framework, we investigate the effects of the
possible actions and self-location of virtual reality experiences on perceived enjoyment …