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Where to vacation? An agent-based approach to modelling tourist decision-making process
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Agent-based models (ABMs) are becoming more relevant in social simulation due to the
potential to model complex phenomena that emerge from individual interactions. In
tourism research, complexity is a subject of growing interest and researchers start to
analyse the tourism system as a complex phenomenon. However, there is little
application of ABMs as a tool to explore and predict tourism patterns. The purpose
of the paper is to develop an ABM that increases knowledge in tourism research by
(i) considering the complexity of tourism phenomenon, (ii) providing tools to explore
the complex relations between system components and (iii) giving insights on the
functioning of the system and the tourist decision-making process. A theoretical
ABM is developed to improve knowledge on tourist decision-making in the selection
of a destination to vacation. Tourists’ behaviour, such as individual motivation, and
social network influence in the vacation decision-making process are hereby discussed.
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Agent-based models Complexity Tourism system Tourist behaviour Decision-making process Simulation
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Boavida-Portugal, I., Ferreira, C. C., & Rocha, J. (2017). Where to vacation? An agent-based approach to modelling tourist decision-making process. Current Issues in Tourism, 20(15), 1557–1574. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2015.1041880
Editora
Taylor & Francis