TY - CHAP
T1 - Digital Divide and Its Potential Impact on Cultural Tourism
AU - Maurer, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
PY - 2015/3/31
Y1 - 2015/3/31
N2 - Tourists need information about destinations for travel decision making. Thus the importance of information in the tourism industry is apparent. Tourists inform themselves before and during travelling, gather information about prices, hotels, sights, activities, alternatives, weather conditions, local traditions, food, drinks and religious views of the destination. After the visit they share information with others. Therefore, a reasonable diffusion with information and communication technologies (ICTs) can benefit both the tourists as well as the businesses. However, disparities still exist in access, skills, use of and attitudes towards ICTs. Although, the phenomenon of digital divide has been addressed in several studies, especially with regard to small and medium sized tourism enterprises, research on the adoption and implementation of ICTs in cultural and heritage tourism is still scant. This paper aims at raising awareness for the influence and effect of the digital divide on the tourism industry in general and cultural and heritage institutions in particular.
AB - Tourists need information about destinations for travel decision making. Thus the importance of information in the tourism industry is apparent. Tourists inform themselves before and during travelling, gather information about prices, hotels, sights, activities, alternatives, weather conditions, local traditions, food, drinks and religious views of the destination. After the visit they share information with others. Therefore, a reasonable diffusion with information and communication technologies (ICTs) can benefit both the tourists as well as the businesses. However, disparities still exist in access, skills, use of and attitudes towards ICTs. Although, the phenomenon of digital divide has been addressed in several studies, especially with regard to small and medium sized tourism enterprises, research on the adoption and implementation of ICTs in cultural and heritage tourism is still scant. This paper aims at raising awareness for the influence and effect of the digital divide on the tourism industry in general and cultural and heritage institutions in particular.
KW - Cultural and heritage tourism
KW - Digital divide
KW - ICT adoption
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125774168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-15859-4_20
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-15859-4_20
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-15858-7
T3 - Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
SP - 231
EP - 241
BT - Cultural Tourism in a Digital Era - 1st International Conference IACuDiT, 2014
A2 - Katsoni, Vicky
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -