The effect of using augmented reality technology in marketing the tendency to overpay European tourists through the experience of persuasion, immersion and participation of tourists
Subject Areas : Innovation and Invention
Yazdan
Shirmohammadi
1
(Associate Professor, Payame Noor University, Department of Business Management, Tehran, Iran)
sinaei
sinaei
2
(M.Sc., Department of Tourism Management, Payame Noor University, PO Box, Tehran, Iran, 19394 4697)
Keywords: Technology, augmented reality, Marketing, Persuasive experience, Tourism,
Abstract :
Augmented reality is an emerging field in the tourism and hotel industry. Augmented reality can affect the satisfaction and behavior of tourists. The present study investigates the effect of using augmented reality in marketing on the tendency of tourists to pay a price premium through the experience of persuasion, immersion and participation of tourists. In this study, the researcher examines the effects of two augmented reality empowerment factors, namely the embedding of augmented reality environment and simulated physical control of augmented reality on the motivational experiences of online tourists in virtual tourism destinations and the direct effects of immersion and immersion experiences of online tourists on their real willingness to pay a price premium in the pre-purchase stage. Examining the level of tourism participation is considered as a control variable that may affect the immersion and the real willingness of online tourists to pay a price premium. This is an applied research in terms of objectives and in term of method is descriptive. The questionnaire was used to collect research data and its validity and reliability were confirmed. The statistical population includes European tourists in Shiraz. The sampling method was convenient non-randomly.
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