Metaverse and Tourism (eBook)

This innovative and timely book presents an in-depth analysis of how the metaverse revolutionizes tourism management, transforms consumer behaviour and motivates tourists to visit destinations.

Adorned with illustrative tables, figures and diagrams throughout, the volume is data-led and explores how metaverse experiences affect tourist satisfaction and loyalty toward metaverse tourism. It also takes a future-focused approach and looks at and how the technologies of metaverse tourism will lead to a new level of immersive virtual reality. The book considers the metaverse in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, post-COVID-19 society and offers practical insights on the topic.

This book will be of pivotal interest for students, scholars and academics in the fields of tourism planning and policy, tourism economics, tourism behaviour and tourism development, as well as those with an interest in these areas more generally.