In a matter of weeks last year, discussions regarding tourism in cities changed from how to deal with overtourism to how to deal with ‘no tourism’. Shortly thereafter, a great number of posts on LinkedIn, websites, and blogs highlighted how the tourism crisis that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic could help reinvent tourism, into something more equal, inclusive, and sustainable. And so, online – at leastin mypersonalonlinebubble – there seemedtobe a real momentum for proper, transformative changes in (urban) tourism. How can we rebuild urban tourism in a sustainable and resilient way?
"Few studies have focused on the case of Chernobyl as a dark tourism site.The conceptualization of dark tourism still needs to be broadened and is nowadaysshifting towards a focus on the experience rather than the sites. This chapter investi-gates the emotions elicited by the Chernobyl tourist experience by studying Chernobylvisitors’ internet publications (blogs). Data were collected from popular travel blogsites, which include online posts about Chernobyl and its visitors’ emotions. Five emo-tions were deduced from the blogs, including surprise/amazement, awe, fear/appre-hension, interest/anticipation, and disgust. Additionally, this chapter also shows thatboth tangible and intangible attributes of the experience could trigger these emotions.The study offers implications for enhancing tourists’ experience at Chernobyl whichcould be adopted for other dark destinations"
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This qualitative research note reports two neglected themes in research on virtual reality tourism experiences, i.e. its potentially addictive nature and temporary sense of isolation. Existing work on virtual reality tourism experiences has applied existing knowledge and theories and has solely tested how VR applications can positively mediate or moderate the tourist experience. This study adopted an inductive approach, analyzing contents of reviews and blogs, and consequently uncovered a temporary sense of isolation and the addictive nature of virtual reality as hidden themes within virtual reality tourism experiences. We stress the importance of further work on addiction and a sense of isolation in terms of their nature, role, and effects
