Invisible, attentive and adaptive technologies that provide tourists with relevant services and information anytime and anywhere may no longer be a vision from the future. The new display paradigm, stemming from the synergy of new mobile devices, context-awareness and AR, has the potential to enhance tourists’ experiences and make them exceptional. However, effective and usable design is still ...

This thesis is concerned with the psychology of western independent tourists and its impacts on Chinese tourism management. First, it discusses the different psychological modes under the different historical and cultural backgrounds between China and the West, including mode of thinking, mode of motivated behavior, mode of religion and ethics, and mode of aesthetic values; then, it makes a spe...

The spatial behaviour of tourists has a large impact on the economic situation of a tourist destination. Stakeholders such as city councils have a strong interest in evaluating spatial behaviour to avoid misallocation of their scarce resources. In addition, individual service providers need to know where the tourists are in order to offer appropriate services and market them more effectively. T...

This paper conceptualizes the application of meta-design approach in the development of a mobile system supporting creative experiences for tourists. Specifically, for those working in creative industries, an adaptive mobile system will facilitate effective tourists’ interactions with and interpretations of the local attributes of tourism destinations. The mobile system will integrate the senso...

A significant number of studies have assessed the impact medical tourism from economic, technological and social perspectives. Few studies, however, explored development sector a sustainability perspective. This research brings lens to by extending Hart Milstein’s framework (2003) for creating sustainable business value advance facilities. To inform analysis, study conducted nine semi-structure...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism, thought of as patients seeking non-emergency medical care outside of their home countries, is a growing industry worldwide. Canadians are amongst those engaging in medical tourism, and many are helped in the process of accessing care abroad by medical tourism brokers - agents who specialize in making international medical care arrangements for patients. As a key sour...