Can the Metaverse and Its Associated Digital Tools and Technologies Provide an Opportunity for Destinations to Address the Vulnerability of Overtourism?

IF 1.2 Q3 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia Pub Date : 2023-06-08 DOI:10.3390/tourhosp4020022

Nansy Kouroupi, Theodore Metaxas

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Abstract

Overtourism has become a critical problem in many popular destinations around the world, leading to negative impacts on the environment, local communities, and the quality of the visitor experience. This article explores the potential of the metaverse, a virtual world that combines elements of augmented reality and virtual reality, and other new digital technologies for addressing the challenges of overtourism. Drawing on a systematic literature review of recent studies, the currently available technologies are listed, and their potential implications for the tourism industry and local communities are portrayed. It was found that while there is some evidence to suggest that the metaverse and its associated digital technologies such as the extended realities/XR (virtual reality/VR, augmented reality/AR, mixed reality/MR), can help mitigate overtourism, further research is necessary to investigate their effectiveness in reducing overtourism and their potential unintended consequences. This article makes an original contribution to overtourism research and adds to existing knowledge by providing a practical list of currently available technologies that could help DMOs and tourism professionals mitigate the negative effects of overtourism. The article concludes with suggestions for future research and practice in the field, highlighting the importance of continued exploration and innovation in this area.

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虚拟世界及其相关的数字工具和技术能否为目的地提供解决过度旅游脆弱性的机会?

过度旅游已经成为世界上许多热门旅游目的地的一个严重问题，导致对环境、当地社区和游客体验质量的负面影响。本文探讨了虚拟世界的潜力，这是一个结合了增强现实和虚拟现实元素的虚拟世界，以及其他应对过度旅游挑战的新数字技术。通过对最近研究的系统文献回顾，列出了目前可用的技术，并描绘了它们对旅游业和当地社区的潜在影响。研究发现，虽然有证据表明，虚拟世界及其相关的数字技术，如扩展现实/XR(虚拟现实/VR、增强现实/AR、混合现实/MR)可以帮助缓解过度旅游，但还需要进一步研究，以调查它们在减少过度旅游方面的有效性及其潜在的意想不到的后果。本文对过度旅游研究做出了原创性的贡献，并通过提供一份实用的现有技术清单来补充现有知识，这些技术可以帮助dmo和旅游专业人员减轻过度旅游的负面影响。文章最后对该领域未来的研究和实践提出了建议，强调了在该领域继续探索和创新的重要性。

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Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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1.90

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23.10%

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15 weeks

期刊介绍： Tourism and Hospitality Management is an international, multidisciplinary, open access journal, aiming to promote and enhance research in all fields of the tourism and hospitality industry. It publishes double-blind reviewed papers and encourages an interchange between tourism and hospitality researchers, educators and managers. Editors of Tourism and Hospitality Management strongly promote research integrity and aim to prevent any type of scientific misconduct, such as: fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication and authorship problems. All submitted manuscripts are checked using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Nurturing a scientifically based approach to research, the journal publishes original papers along with empirical research and theoretical articles that contribute to the conceptual development of tourism and hospitality management. Editors look particularly for articles about new trends, challenges and developments, as well as the application of new ideas that are likely to affect the tourism and hospitality industry. The general criteria for the acceptance of articles are: contribution to the scientific knowledge in the field of tourism and hospitality management, scientifically reliable research methodology, relevant literature review and quality of the English language.