Using social media to assess nature-based tourism: Current research and future trends

VT Da Mota, C Pickering - Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2020 - Elsevier
Social media is increasingly recognised as an important source of information about a wide
range of issues, including nature-based tourism. We assess the current state of the …

Using social media images and text to examine how tourists view and value the highest mountain in Australia

C Pickering, C Walden-Schreiner, A Barros… - Journal of Outdoor …, 2020 - Elsevier
Social media is an emerging source of data to address questions such as how do tourist
view and value destinations? This research compared image content and text from Flickr …

Social media influence on tourists' destination choice: Importance of context

A Tham, J Mair, G Croy - Tourism Recreation Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
While social media receive considerable scholarly attention, studies reveal mixed outcomes
in relation to its influence on tourists' destination choices. There is nonetheless a persistent …

Understanding sentiment of national park visitors from social media data

A Hausmann, T Toivonen, C Fink… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
National parks are key for conserving biodiversity and supporting people's well‐being.
However, anthropogenic pressures challenge the existence of national parks and their …

Uses and limitations of social media to inform visitor use management in parks and protected areas: A systematic review

EJ Wilkins, SA Wood, JW Smith - Environmental Management, 2021 - Springer
Social media are being increasingly used to inform visitor use management in parks and
protected areas. We review the state of the scientific literature to understand the ways social …

Reviewing the past to inform the future: A literature review of social media in tourism

ZZ Zarezadeh, HR Rastegar, U Gretzel - Czech Journal of Tourism, 2018 - sciendo.com
Acknowledging the significant advancement of social media, the role and impact of social
media has been widely discussed in tourism research. As a result, it has become …

Cultural ecosystem services evaluation using geolocated social media data: A review

H Zhang, R Huang, Y Zhang, D Buhalis - Tourism Geographies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Cultural Ecosystem Service (CES) evaluation is the basis for various environmental
management and policymaking for nature-based tourism destinations including national …

[HTML][HTML] Using social media user attributes to understand human–environment interactions at urban parks

XP Song, DR Richards, PY Tan - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Urban parks and green spaces are among the few places where city dwellers can have
regular contact with nature and engage in outdoor recreation. Social media data provide …

[HTML][HTML] Using social media to quantify nature-based tourism and recreation

SA Wood, AD Guerry, JM Silver, M Lacayo - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Scientists have traditionally studied recreation in nature by conducting surveys at entrances
to major attractions such as national parks. This method is expensive and provides limited …

What do we know about social media in tourism? A review

B Zeng, R Gerritsen - Tourism management perspectives, 2014 - Elsevier
The growing role of social media in tourism has been increasingly an emerging research
topic. Social media plays a significant role in many aspects of tourism, especially in …