Impact of multisensory extended reality on tourism experience journey

Purpose The use of extended reality (XR) to create memorable experiences has attracted considerable attention, especially in tourism. Multisensory XR offers a new way of virtually previewing a destination before physical holidays. This study aims to explore how multisensory XR can be used at each stage of the tourism experience journey. This study established a model for how destination-image formation is affected by multisensory XR in each phase of tourism experience. Design/methodology/approach The authors followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines to review studies published between 2013 and 2020, gathered from four research databases. The authors identified the predominant XR technology and sensory stimuli based on the characteristics of various tourism domains. The authors synthesized the previous studies to explain destination-image formation by using multisensory XR. Findings This study summarized the XR study distribution among the three stages of the tourism experience journey. The authors identified the predominant sensory stimuli and dominant XR application and developed a destination-image formation model by using multisensory XR. Originality/value This study highlights the holistic approach of multisensory XR in the tourism experience journey in relation to various tourism domains. It also contributes to destination-image formation in the virtual environment by providing multisensory experiences of predominant sensory stimuli at each stage.

Solvability of a moving contact-line problem with interface formation for an incompressible viscous fluid

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Effects of parameters on titanium nitride formation at atomic level

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Holophrasemes with a Central Component ‘zhe’: Derivational Models

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Unusual nodule formations have long been known in the steep banks of the Lena River and its tributaries. Their belonging to the category of Trovants (trovantogenesis) has been established. It is shown that trovants formation (trovantogenesis) is a process of specific transformation of cemented sands to varying degrees in platform and sub-platform environments. The hypothesis expressed by Romanian geologists about the pseudo-concretionary nature of the trovants has been confirmed. The aqua-dissipative model of their genesis is proposed. The variant of genetic сlassification of small geological bodies wherein trovants are classified as a consistent type is discussed.

Features of the temperature regime effect on the duration of the crops vegetation period in Southern Ukraine

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