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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Visitor Experience"”.
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The Commodification of Dark Tourism: Conceptualising the Visitor Experience
… the modern tourism industry in which ‘dark’ experiences are packaged-up and sold to consumers – a process known as ‘commodification’. As a result, the study appraises the effects commodification has on the visitor experience at sites of dark tourism. Drawing upon a multidisciplinary approach, …
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Modelling visitor experience: a case study from World Heritage Sites, Thailand.
The subject of this Ph.D. Thesis is Modelling Visitor Experience: A Case Study from World Heritage Sites, Thailand. The research is conducted in three historical parks in Thailand by using an inductive approach of Grounded Theory. This aims to propose a model of visitor experience of heritage. It …
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Zoo exhibit design: the influence of animal visibility on visitor experience
… popular among zoo designers as well as zoo visitors. However, one problem associated with naturalistic exhibits is that many times visitors cannot see the animals. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of this lack of visibility on visitor experience. Other goals of …
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Museums as Artifacts: How Architecture and History Influence Museums and the Visitor Experience
… museum contains, but always has an effect on the visitors who come to view those collections. This Thesis will explore the Built Environment of the museum, particularly its effect on museum visitors, through a survey of its historical use and its use today through the case studies of six museums …
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Interpretive Technology in Parks: A study of visitor experience with portable multimedia devices
… is a new portable technology that provides visitors to Cedar Breaks National Monument (CBNM) with interpretive information specific to a location. The GPS Ranger uses a built in global positioning system to trigger video, audio, or slideshows that are displayed on a 4 inch display. The GPS …
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Interpretive Technology in Parks: A study of visitor experience with portable multimedia devices
… is a new portable technology that provides visitors to Cedar Breaks National Monument (CBNM) with interpretive information specific to a location. The GPS Ranger uses a built in global positioning system to trigger video, audio, or slideshows that are displayed on a 4 inch display. The GPS …
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Revealing visitor experience and learning through psychophysiological engagement at historic and culturally significant visitor attractions
<p dir="ltr">The abstract/description for this thesis has been embargoed </p>
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Key success factors in managing the visitor experience at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival
… Festival need to know what is important to the visitors of the Jazz Festival, so they can fulfil their needs. This in turn leads to satisfied visitors that will return to the Jazz Festival and keep the festival sustainable. Generally speaking, music festivals have a more professional management …
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Graphic medicine exhibited: public engagement with comics in curatorial practice and visitor experience since 2010.
… with these exhibitions. In addition, it observes visitors’ behaviours in the gallery to determine the value that graphic medicine exhibitions have for publics. This project uses an integrated methodological approach that combines grounded theory and narrative inquiry, conducting empirical …
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Festival Programming and Visitor Experience : Perceptions of four dimensions of festival programming quality by locals and tourists at the 2014 Reyjavík International Film Festival
… planning of scheduled activities for festival visitors. So far, however, few attempts have been made to assess the nature of festival programming and how it impacts visitor experience. Using the 2014 Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) as a case study, the purpose of this dissertation …
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The personalisation of the visitor experience in the public interior and its contribution to emotional attachment to place: Towards a sensory-emotional framework for experiential design
This thesis investigates the personalisation of experience in the public interior to uncover principles that can contribute to a design understanding of the visitor emotional attachment to place. It posits that catering for a diversity of sensory and emotional needs can foster a greater sense of …
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Látogatói élmény a múzeumokban. Az eszképizmus mint élménydimenzió elemzése a múzeumi látogatások kontextusában = Visitor experience in museums. Analysis of the escapism experience dimension in the context of museum visits
A szerző a múzeumi látogatói élmény területére fókuszál és B. Joseph Pine II és James H. Gilmore 1998-as négydimenziós élménymodelljét állítja elemzése középpontjába, amelyet múzeumok esetén kíván alkalmazni és továbbfejleszteni. Részletes narratív és szisztematikus szakirodalmi elemzés keretében …
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The Experience of Space and Place in World Heritage Site Management
… the relationship between academic discourse and visitor experience at World Heritage Sites, investigating whether it is possible to put ‘’authenticity based on sound research’’ at the heart of the visitor experience (ICOMOS 2011), whilst still “preserving and promoting the spirit of place” …
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A critical analysis of gardens as a resource for tourism and recreation in the UK
… aspect is linked with the outlook of garden visitors. Uniting these two perspectives yields an intriguing area of research, that of the visitor experience, how that experience is perceived and managed, and which elements are crucial in its formation. Understanding the visitor experience is a …
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Managing online communications and feedback relating to the Welsh visitor attraction experience: apathy and inflexibility in tourism marketing practice?
Understanding of what constitutes a tourism experience has been the focus of increasing attention in academic literature in recent years. For tourism businesses operating in an ever more competitive marketplace, identifying and responding to the needs and wants of their customers, and understanding …
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Exploring Visitors: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Visitor Behavior and Improve the Efficacy of Visitor Information in Haleakalā National Park
Resource and visitor experience degradation in Haleakalā National Park resulting from recreational use of the Pools of 'Ohe'o has led park officials to discourage visitor use of the pools. This study uses the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine relationships among visitors' attitudes, …
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Designing for education at the University of Illinois Arboretum
… consists of the development of a framework for visitor experience at the University of Illinois Arboretum that focuses on educational programming and includes the design of a Discovery Center - a facility that serves as the locus for educational experience - at the core of the arboretum. The …
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Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions For Civil War Battlefield, Interpretive Images
… at historic battlefields to enhance the visitor experience and understanding. However, empirical studies of the characteristics of Civil War images that can influence visitors\' experience are limited. Using historic images of Civil War landscapes, this study identified visitors\' …
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Context in Space The Value of Contextual Information in the Presentation of Digital Cultural Items
… are appropriately preserved and presented to visitors. The rapid advancement of technology necessitates that CHPs continually adapt to provide the best possible cultural heritage experiences. Generated through the scanning of analogue cultural items such as photographs, paintings, or …
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