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題名 Examining the effect of social media marketing in tourism
作者 張欣綠
Chang, Hsin-Lu
Wu, Dai-Yu
貢獻者 資訊管理學系
關鍵詞 Big data; Commerce; Electronic commerce; Marketing; Purchasing; Sales; Social networking (online); Facebook; Social media; Social media marketings; Tourism; Travel agency; Economic and social effects
日期 2015-08
上傳時間 10-Aug-2017 15:17:01 (UTC+8)
摘要 A growing number of travel agencies in the tourism industry use social media to promote their services and reach target customers despite some doubt regarding the effectiveness of these tools. Nevertheless, few researchers have examined the effects of social media marketing, and especially its effects on sales. Therefore, our study aims to assess the impact of social media on the purchase of tourism products. Additionally, to explore whether the influence of social media marketing changes among different types of tourism products, we develop a typology of tourism products that classifies tourism along the following five dimensions: (1) the structure of tourism, (2) the involvement of tourists, (3) the scope of tourism, (4) the price of products, and (5) the length of a tour. All tours with Facebook campaigns conducted by our case company from February 1, 2012 to November 30, 2013 are selected as our target tourism products. Moreover, we choose certain products without Facebook campaigns that were available for purchase during the same time period as a control group. We obtain the sales data from the case company and calculate the sales of each product before and after the Facebook campaigns. We then apply a difference-in-difference approach, comparing the average changes in sales performance of the treatment group with those of the control group. The results show that Facebook campaign activities have a positive impact on purchases of tourism products. Furthermore, sales are more likely to increase when a travel agency promotes products that are less structured, limited in scope, relatively lower-priced, or require less tourist involvement. © 2015 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.
關聯 ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 03-05-August-2015
17th Annual International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2015; Seoul; South Korea; 3 August 2015 到 5 August 2015; 代碼 117900
資料類型 conference
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2781562.2781566
dc.contributor 資訊管理學系zh_Tw
dc.creator (作者) 張欣綠zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Chang, Hsin-Luen_US
dc.creator (作者) Wu, Dai-Yuen_US
dc.date (日期) 2015-08en_US
dc.date.accessioned 10-Aug-2017 15:17:01 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 10-Aug-2017 15:17:01 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 10-Aug-2017 15:17:01 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/111906-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) A growing number of travel agencies in the tourism industry use social media to promote their services and reach target customers despite some doubt regarding the effectiveness of these tools. Nevertheless, few researchers have examined the effects of social media marketing, and especially its effects on sales. Therefore, our study aims to assess the impact of social media on the purchase of tourism products. Additionally, to explore whether the influence of social media marketing changes among different types of tourism products, we develop a typology of tourism products that classifies tourism along the following five dimensions: (1) the structure of tourism, (2) the involvement of tourists, (3) the scope of tourism, (4) the price of products, and (5) the length of a tour. All tours with Facebook campaigns conducted by our case company from February 1, 2012 to November 30, 2013 are selected as our target tourism products. Moreover, we choose certain products without Facebook campaigns that were available for purchase during the same time period as a control group. We obtain the sales data from the case company and calculate the sales of each product before and after the Facebook campaigns. We then apply a difference-in-difference approach, comparing the average changes in sales performance of the treatment group with those of the control group. The results show that Facebook campaign activities have a positive impact on purchases of tourism products. Furthermore, sales are more likely to increase when a travel agency promotes products that are less structured, limited in scope, relatively lower-priced, or require less tourist involvement. © 2015 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 03-05-August-2015en_US
dc.relation (關聯) 17th Annual International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2015; Seoul; South Korea; 3 August 2015 到 5 August 2015; 代碼 117900en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Big data; Commerce; Electronic commerce; Marketing; Purchasing; Sales; Social networking (online); Facebook; Social media; Social media marketings; Tourism; Travel agency; Economic and social effectsen_US
dc.title (題名) Examining the effect of social media marketing in tourismen_US
dc.type (資料類型) conference
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1145/2781562.2781566
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2781562.2781566