Selfies to die for: A review of research on self-photography associated with injury/death in tourism and recreation

Weiler, Betty; Gstaettner, Anna Maria; Scherrer, Pascal

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100778

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“…This phenomenon is fueled by tourists' increasingly travel-related photosharing behaviour through social media, resulting from rapid smartphone penetration and fast Internet connections (Zhang et al, 2021). Consequently, modern tourist experiences have always been intricately linked with taking selfies and sharing them with friends and followers (Weiler et al, 2021).…”

Section: Social Media Travel Selfies and Destination Marketingmentioning

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#MeTravel: Travel Selfies, Narcissism and Destination Marketing

Gamage

2022

S. Asian J. Tourism & Hosp.

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While posting travel selfies on social media, many tourists strategically attempt to adjust them to better portray their images by excluding destination attributes, thus manifesting narcissism. Following the inductive research approach, based on in-depth interviews conducted with 27 tourists, this paper explores how travel selfies and tourists' desire for narcissism create challenges to destination marketing. The findings indicate a growing tendency among tourists to capture themselves in travel selfies while excluding unique and attractive destination attributes or shifting them to the side of the photograph, thus diluting the attention toward tourist destinations. This paper suggests several managerial implications for tourism practitioners on strategically marketing tourist destinations using tourists' selfie posting behaviour.

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Section: Social Media Travel Selfies and Destination Marketingmentioning

confidence: 99%

#MeTravel: Travel Selfies, Narcissism and Destination Marketing

Gamage

2022

S. Asian J. Tourism & Hosp.

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“…Although selfie tourism is still scant in the literature, previous studies have described selfie tourism as a concept. Weiler et al [18] stated that selfie has become essential to contemporary travel. Based on this, destinations need to provide selfie facilities to fulfill the wishes of tourists while traveling.…”

Section: Selfie Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Travel for Leisure or Social Media Content?

Munawar¹,

Hardani²,

Idajati³

2022

Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Tourism (INTACT) "Post Pandemic Tourism: Trends and Future Directions"

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Change in tourist consumption behavior causing the growth trend of selfie tourism destinations has increased rapidly. This paper aims to analyze the factors influencing millennial tourists visiting selfie tourism destinations, which is still overlooked in the literature. Selfie tourism destination is an exceptional place that functions as photo spaces in indoor and outdoor rides, including natural views, hills, parks, open spaces, and modern tourist attractions, which offer unique, attractive, and instagramable landscapes. We examine six antecedents of visiting decisions, namely social media, leisure, exploration and self-discovery, prestige, destination uniqueness, and destination attractiveness, within the framework of the proposed model. The survey was conducted on millennial tourists who had visited or were currently visiting selfie tourism destinations in Indonesia. The questionnaires were distributed to 147 respondents, while data analysis used partial least square (PLS) to assess the path in the structural model. The results show that only four antecedents positively and significantly influence visiting decisions. At the same time, the other two antecedents do not have a positive and significant effect on this factor. The implication is that destination managers are expected to meet the expectations and needs of millennial tourists by providing a variety of unique and exciting tourist attractions.

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“…Selfie is a 21st century modern cultural phenomenon that first appeared in literature in 2002 [20]. The Oxford English Dictionary (2020) notes that a selfie is "a photo taken of oneself, usually with a smartphone or webcam, and shared via social media".…”

Section: Selfie Touristmentioning

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“…Although not widely studied, this phenomenon is increasingly getting attention from academics from various fields, including media and communication, environmental management, medicine, and even tourism [19,20]. Therefore, this study aims to identify and analyze the characteristics of instagrammable attractions and selfie tourist behavior.…”

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Between Instagrammable Attraction and Selfie Tourist: Characteristic and Behavior

Karyatun

Efendi

Demolingo

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Aims: This study aims to identify and analyze the characteristics of instagrammable attractions and selfie tourist behavior. Methodology: The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The survey was conducted by adopting a non-probability sampling technique involving 104 respondents. The distribution of questionnaires and observations were carried out for two weeks at the Lembang Floating Market. Results: The study found that most tourist attractions can be categorized as instagrammable attractions. While selfie tourists strongly consider the availability of unique and current attractions, for the purpose of documenting and sharing their experiences through photos or videos on their Instagram accounts. Therefore, this study concludes that instagrammable attraction has a positive and significant effect on attracting selfie tourists. Especially because the characteristics of instagrammable attractions that "perfectly impress" are able to attract selfie tourists who have travel motives and behavior to seek existence and recognition on social media, especially Instagram. Implication/Applications: The results of this study are able to provide comprehensive information related to selfie tourist behavior that is beneficial for stakeholders, especially travel agents and tourist destination managers. The Originality of the Study: The limitation of this research is the data collection method which is dominated by surveys. Therefore, further research is expected to conduct an in-depth study related to the reasons tourists are interested in selfie tourism.

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Selfies to die for: A review of research on self-photography associated with injury/death in tourism and recreation

Cited by 21 publications

References 27 publications

#MeTravel: Travel Selfies, Narcissism and Destination Marketing

#MeTravel: Travel Selfies, Narcissism and Destination Marketing

Travel for Leisure or Social Media Content?

Between Instagrammable Attraction and Selfie Tourist: Characteristic and Behavior

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