sustainable transport, transport, ICT, cycling, travel planning
Fotis, J., Buhalis, D. and Rossides, N. (2012). Social media use and impact during the holiday travel planning process. In: Fuchs, M., Ricci, F. and Cantoni, L., eds. Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012. Vienna, Austria: Springer-Verlag, pp. 13-24.
by John Fotis
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Through an empirical study among holiday travellers, residing in the Former Soviet Union Republics, this paper... more Through an empirical study among holiday travellers, residing in the Former Soviet Union Republics, this paper presents a comprehensive view of role and impact of social media on the whole holiday travel planning process: Before, during and after the trip, providing insights on usage levels, scope of use, level of influence and trust. Findings suggest that social media are predominantly used after holidays for experience sharing. It is also shown that there is a strong correlation between perceived level of influence from social media and changes made in holiday plans prior to final decisions. Moreover, it is revealed that user-generated content is perceived as more trustworthy when compared to official tourism websites, travel agents and mass media advertising.
Using the car in a fragile rural tourist destination: a social representations perspective
Dickinson, J.E. & Robbins, D. 2007 Using the car in a fragile rural tourist destination: a social representations perspective, Journal of Transport Geography, 15, 116-126.
The visitor experience of place is inextricably linked to our ability to travel around an area at will, yet this... more
The visitor experience of place is inextricably linked to our ability to travel around an area at will, yet this mobility creates many
problems especially in scenic rural areas of the UK. The study presented here attempts to unravel visitors’ experiences of mobility using Moscovici’s social representations approach. Travel diaries were employed to explore visitors’ transport choices and mobility patterns during the peak season in Purbeck, Dorset, UK. Analysis focuses on how such patterns reflect a social representation of mobility and the implications this has for visitor travel at destinations.

