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Título: Designing tourist information offices: The role of the human factor
Autores/as: Araña, Jorge E. 
Léon, Carmelo J. 
Carballo, María M.
Moreno Gil, Sergio 
Clasificación UNESCO: 531290 Economía sectorial: turismo
Palabras clave: Discrete choice experiments
Human factor
Market segmentation
Tourist information offices
Visitors’ preferences
Fecha de publicación: 2016
Publicación seriada: Journal of Travel Research 
Resumen: Rapid technological change is leading to the introduction of new ways of providing services in the tourism industry. However, the human factor is also key in providing satisfaction to visitors. This article evaluates the preferences of visitors for different service designs at tourist information offices (TIOs). The methodology used is discrete choice experiments. Results show that visitors place higher values on information services received through personal interaction than through automated processes based on new technology. The implication is that the personal interaction continues to be an important element in the design of TIOs, but that new technology may increase the quality of the provision of services and visitor satisfaction. The methodology employed also allows us to identify different visitors’ segments based on their preferences for TIO services.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/52472
ISSN: 0047-2875
DOI: 10.1177/0047287515587113
Fuente: Journal of Travel Research[ISSN 0047-2875],v. 55, p. 764-773
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