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Exploring the potential of virtual tourism as tourism substitute for people under travel constraints

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K12616
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

呉 玲玲  東京都立大学, 都市環境科学研究科, 准教授 (20707814)

Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
KeywordsVirtual tourism / virtual tourism / travel constraints
Outline of Research at the Start

This research project will examine the possibility of using Virtual Reality (VR) to provide substitute tourism experiences to people under travel constraints. It is expected that this project will contribute to a better understanding of people’s behavior mechanism in the context of virtual tourism. The research findings of this project will provide useful implication for designing virtual tourism experience that can benefit people under travel constraints, including elderly people, disable people, or those who confront disaster events.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

A SP survey was conducted in Japan to collect information about people’s constraints to participate in virtual tours. Data collected from the survey has been analyzed to clarify the influence of different factors and role of travel constraints in people’s behavior intention in virtual tours. In order to reflect behavior mechanisms and represent people’s behavior intention in virtual tourism in a more reasonable way, the corresponding theories and models (e.g., technology acceptance model, regret minimization model, random parameter model, etc.) was applied and logically integrated. Based on the data analysis, the influential factors on people’s behavior intention in virtual tourism for different types of destination was clarified.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

This research project aims to examine the possibility of using Virtual Reality (VR) to provide substitute tourism experiences to people under travel constraints. Concretely speaking, the objectives of this research are: (1) to identify influential factors on behavior intention to participate in virtual tourism; (2) to investigate the role of travel constraints in people’s behavior intention in virtual tourism; (3) to examine the influence of virtual tourism experience on people’s well-being.
The first two objectives have been achieved in this year.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

In the next step, a questionnaire survey will be conducted to collect information about people’s well-being before and after their virtual tourism experience. Based on the understanding of influential factors on people’s behavior intention in virtual tourism and the influence of virtual tourism experience on well-being, implication will be derived to design virtual tourism experience that can benefit tourists under travel constraints, including elderly people, disable people, or those who confront disaster events.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2023 2022

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] A study of determinants that affect the intention to participate in online tours and the role of constraints under COVID-19 pandemic2022

    • Author(s)
      Medai Nagi、Wu Lingling
    • Journal Title

      Current Issues in Tourism

      Volume: 26 Issue: 7 Pages: 1132-1146

    • DOI

      10.1080/13683500.2022.2048807

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 2012年~2019年を対象とした 東京の観光公式サイト閲覧数によるベクトル自己回帰モデル2023

    • Author(s)
      東原実咲,小笠原悠,呉玲玲,清水哲夫
    • Organizer
      第38回日 本観光研究学会全国大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 博物館バーチャルツアーと実際の訪問行動の相互関係についての研究2022

    • Author(s)
      Medai Nagi、Wu Lingling
    • Organizer
      第37回日本観光研究学会全国大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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