Managing-technology enhanced tourist experience

  • Golja T
  • Paulišić M
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Abstract

Many of the recent research studies in tourist behavior pointed to the fact that contemporary tourists, particularly millennials, are very prone to innovative experiences and enjoy co-creating the tourist experience. Technological advancements drive changes in the way tourists experience their vacation and have transferred power to the tourists in terms of decision-making. Scattered hotels bring back life into empty and abandoned homes in the old parts of the city. They boost the trickle-down effect on the local economy, contribute to the revival of villages and old parts of the town, preservation of the local culture and identity of the place, and minimization of negative social and ecological impacts of over-tourism. With the implementation of innovative technological solutions, customized to such particular accommodation establishments and the ecosystem of the tourist destination, this product would be able to modify the complete nature of the tourism experience. In this paper, the authors aim to explore how technology reinvigorates creativity and boosts destinations’ innovativeness and competitiveness by enriching the overall customer experience and by creating ecosystems in which tourism contributes to sustainable development. Technological advancements that can unlock innovation potential in scattered hotels are presented, as well as perceptions of tourism suppliers on personalized experiences, boosted with technological innovations. Factors hampering innovation are identified, as well as other important obstacles in delivering such services (financing, cooperation with other stakeholders, uncertain demand, etc.). From a possible functional angle, this study presents significant implications for small entrepreneurs – experience providers in horizontally developed accommodation structures, as well as destination managers and all levels of government.Mnoga recentna istraživanja turističkog ponašanja ukazuju na činjenicu da su suvremeni turisti, posebno milenijalci, skloni inovativnim iskustvima, kao i ko-kreiranju turističkog iskustva. Tehnološki napredak upravlja usmjerava promjene načina na koji turisti doživljavaju svoj odmor te su preusmjerila moć odlučivanja na turiste. Raspršeni hoteli vraćaju žvot u prazne i napuštene dijelove grada. Njima se pojačavaju korisni efekti za lokalno gospodarstvo, doprinosi oživljavanju sela i starih dijelova grada, očuvanju lokalne kulture i identiteta te minimiziraju negativni društveni i ekološki utjecaji prerazvijenog turizma. Implementacijom novih tehnoloških rješenja, prilagođenih zahtjevima navedenog oblika turističkog smještaja, kao i ekosustavu turističke destinacije, ovakav bi proizvod mogao promijeniti čitavu prirodu turističkog iskustva. U ovom se radu istražuje kako tehnologija podupire kreativnost i unapređuje inovativnost i konkurentnost putem poboljšanja cjelokupnog korisničkog iskustva i kreiranje ekosustava, u kojima turizam doprinosi održivom razvoju. Prezentiraju se tehnološki razvoj, koji može pokrenuti inovacijski potencijal raspršenih hotela, kao i percepcije dobavljača turističkih usluga o personaliziranim iskustvima, usmjerenih tehnološkim inovacijama. Utvrđuju se čimbenici koji ometaju inovaciju, kao i druge značajne zapreke ovakvim uslugama (financiranje, suradnja s drugim dionicima, nesigurna potražnja, itd.). S funkcionalnog gledišta, u ovom se radu prezentiraju i značajne implikacije za male poduzetnike – kao pružatelje usluge doživljaja u horizontalnim strukturama turističkog smještaja, ali i za menadžere destinacija te sve razine vlade.

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Golja, T., & Paulišić, M. (2021). Managing-technology enhanced tourist experience. Management, 26(1), 63–95. https://doi.org/10.30924/mjcmi.26.1.5

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