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

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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.

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Appendix 1: Tables of profiles of interviewees

Interviewees

Gender

Age

Profession

Interviewee 1

Female

35

Teacher

Interviewee 2

Male

30

Employee at Emirates airlines

Interviewee 3

Female

33

Financial analyst

Interviewee 4

Female

30

Software engineer

Interviewee 5

Male

33

Textile engineer currently teaching English in Taipei

Interviewee 6

Male

36

Pharmacist

Interviewee 7

Male

26

Civil engineer

Interviewee 8

Male

26

Entrepreneur

Interviewees 9

Male & female

26 and 30 years old

Entrepreneurs

Interviewee 10

Female

32

Software engineer

Interviewee 11

Male

22

Student

Interviewee 12

Male

29

Employee in a company

Interviewee 13

Female

25

Consultant

Interviewee 14

Female

32

Manager in an insurance company

Interviewee 15

Male

30

Employee in a company

Interviewee 16

Female

29

Software engineer

Interviewee 17

Female

26

University teacher

Interviewee 18

Male

27

Data analyst

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Mestaoui, I., Touzani, M. (2020). Investigating Travelers’ Dilemma in Managing Their Online/Offline Presence on Travel Experience. In: Bach Tobji, M.A., Jallouli, R., Samet, A., Touzani, M., Strat, V.A., Pocatilu, P. (eds) Digital Economy. Emerging Technologies and Business Innovation. ICDEc 2020. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 395. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64642-4_10

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