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Tourist Activated Networks: Implications for Dynamic Packaging Systems in Tourism

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This paper discusses tourist activated networks as a concept to inform technological applications supporting dynamic bundling and en-route recommendations. Empirical data was collected from travellers who visited a regional destination in the US and then analyzed with respect to its network structure. The results indicate that the tourist activated network for the destination is rather sparse and that there are clearly differences in core and peripheral nodes. The findings illustrate the structure of a tourist activated network and provide implications for technology design and tourism marketing.

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  1. National Laboratory for Tourism and eCommerce, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, USA

    Florian Zach & Daniel R. Fesenmaier

  2. Laboratory for Intelligent Systems in Tourism Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA

    Ulrike Gretzel

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  2. eTourism Competence Center Austria, Innsbruck, Austria

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  3. Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    Ulrike Gretzel

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Zach, F., Gretzel, U., Fesenmaier, D.R. (2008). Tourist Activated Networks: Implications for Dynamic Packaging Systems in Tourism. In: O’Connor, P., Höpken, W., Gretzel, U. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77280-5_18

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