Enhancing Tourism and Cultural Experience Through Gamification

Smartphones in our hands
Stories rise from ancient sands
Tourism expands
Gamification
Tourism enhancement
Cultural heritage

Deepanshu Setia, Rupinder Singh, Amol Sharma, Arun Khosla, Kiran Ahuja, and Kulbhushan Chand, “Enhancing Tourism and Cultural Experience Through Gamification,” chap. 7 in Positioning and Branding Tourism Destinations for Global Competitiveness, doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7253-4.ch007

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Deepanshu Setia

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India

Rupinder Singh

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India

Amol Sharma

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India

Arun Khosla

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India

Kiran Ahuja

DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India

Published

January 2019

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Abstract

We all travel to different historical places but rarely notice the cultural significance of the place: the history behind the various things and locations. The primary aim of this chapter is to devise and develop means to enhance tourism and provide culturally important knowledge to people. Moreover, internet is booming, and the number of smartphones is increasing day by day. The same is happening in many developing countries. Therefore, in this chapter, the authors propose a criterion that uses technology to promote historical significance and enhances tourism industry as well. The proposed app uses the concept of gamification that acts as a platform to fuel the process of branding in a manner that engages the tourists and provide them with an experience that can make them feel more connected to the tourism destinations.

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@incollection{setia_enhancing_2019,
    title = {Enhancing {Tourism} and {Cultural} {Experience} {Through} {Gamification}},
    author = {Setia, Deepanshu and Singh, Rupinder and Sharma, Amol and Khosla, Arun and Ahuja, Kiran and Chand, Kulbhushan},
    doi = {10.4018/978-1-5225-7253-4.ch007},
    booktitle = {Positioning and {Branding} {Tourism} {Destinations} for {Global} {Competitiveness}},
    publisher = {IGI Global},
    year = {2019},
    chapter = {7},
    pages = {152-171}}