A tourist typology of online and face-to-face social contact: Destination immersion and tourism encapsulation/decapsulation

Daisy X.F. Fan, Dimitrios Buhalis and Bingna Lin

Annals of Tourism Research, 2019, vol. 78, issue C, -

Abstract: The sense of tourism encapsulation/decapsulation is increasingly determined by the level and type of connectivity enabled by advanced Information Communication Technology (ICT). This study explores tourists' online and face-to-face social contacts and their effects on travel experiences. A six-fold tourist typology is established, namely: Disconnected Immersive Traveller, Digital Detox Traveller, Diversionary Traveller, Dual Zone Traveller, Daily Life Controller and Social Media Addict. A contact–immersion nexus is also developed to indicate the attachment tendencies of different tourist types between their home and away zones. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: Online social contact; Face-to-face social contact; Contact–immersion nexus; Tourism encapsulation/decapsulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2019.102757

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