While corporeal patterns of mobility continue to increase, virtual tourism has become a
widespread social practice in contemporary society. Despite this, tourists' experiences in …

The accelerated development and expansion of cultural tourism in areas with unique tourist
objectives, characterised by a high degree of risk in terms of their physical and chemical …

Virtual Influencers (VIs) are computer-generated characters, many of which are often visually
indistinguishable from humans and interact with the world in the first-person perspective as …

Virtual tourism and authenticity are concepts amply discussed by tourism scholars. Yet,
limited empirical studies have explored perceptions of authenticity of virtual tourism. This …

The relationship between times of crisis (natural disasters, pandemics) and religious
behaviour has been the subject of long debate. Theoretical models of religious coping …

Millions of users have taken up residence in virtual worlds, and in those worlds they find
opportunities to revisit and rewrite their religious lives. Robert M. Geraci argues that virtual …

This qualitative study informs project managers of the impact that the authentic projection of
coworker identity via avatars has on trust and potential project management success when …

The meeting place for the church of tomorrow will be a computer screen. Don't laugh, and
don't feel alarmed. The real-world church isn't going anywhere until Jesus returns. But the …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many tourism providers were unable to offer traditional
tourism activities. A temporary solution for some of them was to offer virtual guided tours on …

This paper has three purposes. First, it extends the range of economic ideas that have been
applied to massively-multiplayer online games (MMOGs), drawing on scale economies …