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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554243303321

Titolo

Gamification for Tourism / / ed. by Feifei Xu, Dimitrios Buhalis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK; ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Channel View Publications, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-84541-823-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Collana

Aspects of Tourism

Disciplina

338.4/791

Soggetti

Tourism industry

Research methods

Computer modelling and simulation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Gamification in Tourism – The Cutting- Edge Trend in Tourism -- Part 1: Gamification Theories -- 2 Gamification, Game Mechanics, Game Thinking and Players’ Profile and Life Cycle -- 3 Understanding Games and Gamified Experiences: The MAPS-AIM Model -- 4 Gamification: Practices, Benefits and Challenges -- Part 2: Gamification Application and Case Studies -- 5 Gamification Applications in Hospitality and Airline Industries: A Unified Gamification Model -- 6 Innovating the Restaurant Industry: The Gamification of Business Models and Customer Experiences -- 7. Destination Marketing via Gamification: A Case Study of the Austria Adventure Game -- 8 Gamification and Geocaching for Tourism Destinations: Marketing Madeira, Portugal -- 9 Advergaming in Tourism: Spanish Cases -- 10 Pokémon GO: Serious Leisure and Game-Playing Tourists -- 11 Playfulness and Game Play: Using Geocaching to Engage Young People’s Well-being in a National Park -- 12 Gamification: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality Games and Tourism Marketing Applications -- 13 Conclusion -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the cutting-edge concept of gamification in tourism. The chapters offer valuable insights and examples of best



practice and address key issues of game mechanism and game design principles. This will be useful for students and researchers in tourism marketing, smart tourism and tourism futures, as well as industry practitioners.