{"id":3662,"date":"2016-08-03T09:56:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T09:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2016-07-30T10:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T10:06:43","slug":"new-paper-by-janet-e-dickinson-julia-f-hibbert-viachaslau-filimonau-mobile-technology-and-the-tourist-experience-disconnection-at-the-campsite-tourism-management-volume-57-december-2016-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/2016\/08\/03\/new-paper-by-janet-e-dickinson-julia-f-hibbert-viachaslau-filimonau-mobile-technology-and-the-tourist-experience-disconnection-at-the-campsite-tourism-management-volume-57-december-2016-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"New paper by Janet E. Dickinson, , Julia F. Hibbert, Viachaslau Filimonau Mobile technology and the tourist experience: (Dis)connection at the campsite Tourism Management Volume 57, December 2016, Pages 193\u2013201"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New paper by\u00a0Janet E. Dickinson<\/a><\/a>, <\/sup>,\u00a0Julia F. Hibbert<\/a>,\u00a0Viachaslau Filimonau<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Mobile technology and the tourist experience: (Dis)connection at the campsite\u00a0Tourism Management<\/a>\u00a0Volume 57<\/a>, December 2016, Pages 193\u2013201 \u00a0doi:10.1016\/j.tourman.2016.06.005<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u202250% of tourists have some desire for mobile disconnection.<\/dt>\n
\u2022Tourists have dilemmas regarding mobile connectivity.<\/dt>\n
\u2022Digital engagement has a small effect on desire for mobile disconnection.<\/dt>\n
\u2022Developers of digital solutions should not assume the tourist is \u2018always connected\u2019.<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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Mobile technology is playing an increasing role in the tourist experience and a growing body of tourism research has focused on this area. There is often an implicit assumption that tourists embrace mobile connectivity and relatively little research has explored the tourist experience of disconnection, whether purposeful or imposed by technological limitations. This study explores the desire for digital (dis)connection during camping tourism. Data compiled using interviews and a survey revealed that the tourist is not \u2018always connected\u2019 and up to 50% have some desire to disconnect. There is ambiguity about mobile technology use in tourism with dilemmas regarding the value of connectivity versus the desire to \u2018get away from it all\u2019. The analysis found digital engagement had a small effect on desire for disconnection however, patterns were not marked. The findings have implications for mobile technology solutions in tourism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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