Mobile applications and destination branding in Spain

The article sets out the findings of research carried out in 2013 on the Spanish tourism mobile applications. The research that covered 66 apps combined a quantitative description of this sector with qualitative categories based on a semiotic analysis. The article evaluates and compares the apps, id...

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Autores: Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-, Fernández Cavia, Josep, 1963-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/32714
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/32714
http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v8i2.3575
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mobile media
Mobile ecosystem
App
Tourism
Destination branding
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Sumario:The article sets out the findings of research carried out in 2013 on the Spanish tourism mobile applications. The research that covered 66 apps combined a quantitative description of this sector with qualitative categories based on a semiotic analysis. The article evaluates and compares the apps, identifies their main traits, and proposes a taxonomy: the content-based app, the participatory app and the leisure app.