Pre-travel experiential tourism communication: A study of Catalonia and Veneto

In response to the growing complexity of consumer choices, there has been a noticeable shift towards experiential marketing in travel destinations. This study focuses on Catalonia, Spain, and Veneto, Italy, examining how tourism institutions adapted communication to emphasise experiential appeals in...

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Autores: Girotto, Michele, Nicolas, Carolina, Campo, Jordi
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos: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:2445/227734
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227734
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Anàlisi de contingut (Comunicació)
Política turística
Vènet (Itàlia)
Catalunya
Turisme
Content analysis (Communication)
Politics of tourism
Veneto (Italy)
Catalonia
Tourism
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Resumo:In response to the growing complexity of consumer choices, there has been a noticeable shift towards experiential marketing in travel destinations. This study focuses on Catalonia, Spain, and Veneto, Italy, examining how tourism institutions adapted communication to emphasise experiential appeals in the pre-travel phase. Using a content analysis of posts from Twitter-X, this study examines communication trends in aligning tourism products with the tourist experience, using pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic periods as reference points. Although there have been attempts to diversify product categories, pre-pandemic categories remain dominant, limiting the comprehensive portrayal of tourism product offerings. This research proposes a framework for aiding pre-travel communication planning, advocating for the alignment of online branding of destinations with the projected destinations’ image based on experience dimensions and components.