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What drives travelers' adoption of user-generated content? : A literature review
2018
User-generated content (UGC) has become an important part of travel planning, as travelers evaluate travel products based on past reviews. However, different factors account for why tourists utilize UGC. The aim of this study is to review extant studies on UGC to identify the antecedents of UGC utilization for travel planning and the theories, models, and frameworks used in these studies. A total of 54 studies from 2005 to 2016 were found. This study found that UGC adoption is determined by attributes relating to the user, the source, the content, and response variables. It also found distinct and heterogeneous theories and frameworks mainly drawn from the information systems, socio-psychol…
Advanced performance monitoring for self-healing cellular mobile networks
2015
This dissertation is devoted to development and validation of advanced per- formance monitoring system for existing and future cellular mobile networks. Knowledge mining techniques are employed for analysis of user specific logs, collected with Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) functionality. Ever increas- ing quality requirements, expansion of the mobile networks and their extend- ing heterogeneity, call for effective automatic means of performance monitoring. Nowadays, network operation is mostly controlled manually through aggregated key performance indicators and statistical profiles. These methods are are not able to fully address the dynamism and complexity of modern mobile networks. Se…
Building Resilient Smart Cities for Sustainable Urban Tourism in Africa Post-COVID-19 Pandemic
2022
AbstractThis paper contributes to the knowledge by examining the role of smart tourism technologies in destination resilience amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering tourism in the COVID-19 crisis as an emerging stream of research, the study also explores how African cities deployed smart tourism technologies and how effective it has been in creating resilient and safe destinations. Data were collected through a semi-structured online interview from destination managers in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. The findings pose critical lessons for city destinations and how they need to transition into smartness to create safe spaces for travellers during and post-COVID-19. Our study makes nove…
Warning signalling in European vipers and their mimics : implications for conservation of the smooth snake
2014
Exploring Post-COVID-19 Branding Strategies of African Destinations
2023
AbstractThe lifting of COVID-19 restrictions has led to the opening of many tourism destinations, with many destination marketing organizations (DMOs) adopting different strategies to attract tourists. This study explores the post-COVID-19 branding strategies of four award-winning African destinations (South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, and Mauritius) and how they utilize social media to communicate their destination brand identities. We curated the tweets of the National Tourism Boards of the examined destinations from their official Twitter accounts and analyzed them using Atlas.ti. We found that each of the destinations uniquely identifies and communicates its destination’s competitive advant…
Matkalaukkulapsen maailma : lasten sopeutuminen vieraaseen kulttuuriin
1999
Adaptaciâ finskih gidov k kul'ture v Rossii : na osnove pis'mennogo oprosa
2017
Tämän pro gradu -tutkielman tarkoituksena on tutkia suomalaisten matkaoppaiden kulttuurillista sopeutumista Venäjällä. Matkaoppaat työskentelevät Venäjällä pääsääntöisesti suomalaisten turistien kanssa. Tutkimuskysymyksiä on neljä: miten matkaoppaat sopeutuvat venäläiseen kulttuuriin, mikä on kulttuurin tuntemuksen merkitys matkaoppaan työssä, millaisia kulttuurieroja matkaoppaat kohtaavat Venäjällä ja ovatko heidän kohtaamansa kulttuurierot ongelmallisia. Tutkimus on ajankohtainen, koska Venäjä on maailman suurin valtio, jossa matkustamisen mahdollisuudet ovat rajattomat. Lisäksi Venäjän maantieteellinen sijainti Suomen rajanaapurina tekee Venäjästä saavutettavissa olevan matkailukohteen s…
Lähden siis iloisin, mutta samalla haikein ja surullisin mielin takaisin "kotiin" : Suomeen paluuprosessi matkalaukkulasten kokemana
2004
Mobile phone use and social generations in rural India
2017
This article avails the concept of social generation to explore how intergenerational differences contribute to the diversity in the appropriation of mobile telephony in rural India. Rural India has experienced numerous social changes such as the decline of agriculture, changes in caste and gender relationships, and rising levels of education which have influenced different age groups in distinct ways during recent decades. The article is based on interviews, observation, and survey data on the use of mobile phones in a village in rural West Bengal during 2005, 2007–2008, 2010, and 2012–2013. peerReviewed