360-degree videos offer great tourism marketing opportunities. Compared to traditional videos, 360-degree videos offer more compelling imagery of potential travel destinations, a "try before you buy" experience. These 360-degree videos can be viewed with various devices, including tablet and VR (Virtual Reality) goggles. The study, conducted at Helsinki-Vantaa airport, comprised 221 international tourists given VR glasses or iPads to watch a 360-degree video and answer a survey. The results reveal that the VR glasses and the iPad tablet had similar effects on travel intentions and behaviours. However, the viewing experience differs depending on the device. These findings suggest that some 360-videos will actually perform better on a tablet than with VR glasses. Tourism businesses and destinations should develop different content and situations for different devices. This study contributes to media richness theory and helps us to understand VR content as a type of rich media.
This article explores how event and festival (EF) managers use social media in new service development (NSD), in what phases of NSD consumers are involved, and in what way the customer contributions are used in order to influence the different phases of service development. The empirical
data for the study were collected by electronic survey from Finnish cultural and sports EF organizers, and complemented with phone interviews. The study revealed that Finnish EFs use the most common social media tools in everyday operations, particularly for marketing purposes. They have recognized
the possibilities to use social media in NSD and have also acknowledged the benefits customer involvement in NSD can bring. Most commonly, customers are involved in the first and final stages of the NSD process. Constraints for web-based NSD was also found. This study brings information about
the possibilities of social media in NSD in EF context that may help the organizers and developers to plan and develop the management strategies. Results also show that in the future there may be demand for additional training for EF organizers related to the usage of social media. This study
also has limitations. The response rate was rather low, and larger samples should be used in the future. It would also be useful to interview diverse EFs using social media in NSD purposes in the future. The study was conducted only in Finland and thus the results cannot be internationally
generalized.
Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan, mistä maaseutumatkailutuotteen vastuullisuuden päätemoista ja sisällöistä yritysten tulisi viestiä eri kohderyhmille, jotta vastuullisuusviestintä olisi kuluttajista kiinnostavaa ja edistäisi ostopäätöstä. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin sähköisen kyselyn avulla 515 suomalaiselta ja 498 venäläiseltä kuluttajalta kuluttajapaneelia hyödyntäen. Pääkomponenttianalyysillä löydettiin viisi viestinnällistä pääteemaa: ympäristön ja ilmaston suojelu, resurssitehokkuus, paikallinen kulttuuri ja elämäntapa, paikallinen elinvoima ja talous sekä liikenne ja liikkuminen. Näistä sekä suomalaisia että venäläisiä vastaajia kiinnostivat eniten paikalliseen kulttuuriin ja elämäntapaan liittyvä teema ja vähiten paikalliseen elinvoimaan ja talouteen liittyvä kokonaisuus. Tutkimuksen tulokset tuovat uutta tietoa merkittävimmistä ja kiinnostavimmista maaseutumatkailutuotteen ostopäätökseen vaikuttavista kohderyhmäkohtaisista vastuullisuusviestinnän teemoista ja sisällöistä matkailualalla sekä auttavat maaseutumatkailuyrityksiä kehittämään vastuullisuusviestintäänsä.
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