Gamification and smart exercise travel

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21699298
AutoresSeongsoo Jang (0000-0002-5948-0876, Cardiff University, autor de correspondencia), Jinwon Kim (0000-0001-8620-161X, University of Florida)
Año2023
Volumen26
Número6
Páginas874-878
Fecha de publicación2023-03-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrent Issues in Tourism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-3500 • E-ISSN: 1747-7603
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13683500.2022.2104697
OpenAlexW4288490285
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas8

This research note aims to empirically explore what types of gamified experiences affect exercise visitors’ behavioral engagement. After identifying five intrinsically motivational patterns of using gamified features—epistemic curiosity, pace pressure, height pressure, information reciprocity, and posting reciprocity, this study employs spatial analytical methods to capture how the gamification-exercise travel behavior relationship varies across locations. The ordinary least squares regression model shows that exercise visitors with greater information reciprocity and challenging experiences burned more calories. In addition, the geographically weighted regression results demonstrate that gamified experiences have differential (negative or positive) effects on exercise travel outcomes across locations. The results of spatially heterogeneous relationships provide destination managers with advanced marketing implications in terms of place-based gamification and smart tourism design

Business · Geography · Tourism · Educational Games and Gamification · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts