Investigating Travelers' Dilemma in Managing Their Online/Offline Presence on Travel Experience

摘要

Several researchers have studied the impact of new technologies on the travel experience and how their use has transformed it. We joined the conversation, which says that the (dis) connection behavior is a consequence of the use of mobile technologies during the travel experience. In this work, we focus on the dilemma experienced by the young Tunisian traveler when she/he uses mobile technologies and how she/he chooses to be present/absent during her/his travel experience. An exploratory study was conducted with young Tunisian travelers to try to understand their digital behavior during the travel experience. The major contribution of this work is to try to understand the dilemma of (dis) connection and to present how the traveler experiences it.