PARTicipative inquiry for tourist experience

Handbook of Action Research Participative Inquiry and Practice

I do not separate my scientific inquiry from my life. For me it is really a quest for life, to understand life and to create what I call living knowledge—knowledge which is valid for the people with whom I work and for myself. Marja­Liisa Swantz Knowledge is always gained through action and for action. From this starting point, to question the validity of social knowledge is to question, not ho...

Exploring Tourist Satisfaction with Mobile Experience Technology

[Abstract] Wireless access with handheld devices is a promising addition to the WWW and traditional electronic business. Handheld devices provide convenience, portable access, and large amounts of information to travelers. Tourism presents considerable potential for the use of new mobile technologies; however, limited research exists on mobile users’ perspectives with regard to satisfaction tow...

Tourist Experience and Wetland Parks: a Case of Zhejiang, China

Following an experiential framework, this research aims to disentangle the factors influencing tourist experiences in wetland parks in the context of an emerging economy. Specifically, this study tests the causal relationships among service quality, tourist experience, and revisit intention in relation to three popular wetland parks in Zhejiang, China. Consequently a series of on-site visitor s...

Assessing Tourist Experience Satisfaction with a Heritage Destination

Context's Modeling for Participative Simulation

This paper reviews the interest of using context for participative simulation in virtual environment for training. Our aim is to simulate some cognitive mechanisms in order to obtain credible agent’s decision-making. Another interesting aspect is the explanation needed when the learner makes a mistake. We argue, in this article, that context is a good concept to give better explanations. We des...