An Exploratory Study of Tourists Photo Taking Behavior at Nglanggeran Ancient Volcano, Gunungkidul, Indonesia
“No pict is hoax” is a statement usually used by young people, which means that pictures need to be taken to provide a sense of meaningfulness to their stories. Generally, tourists use pictures to share their experiences from the tourist destination with
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An Exploratory Study of Tourists Photo Taking Behavior at Nglanggeran Ancient Volcano, Gunungkidul, Indonesia Handayani Rahayuningsih, Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti and Tri Kuntoro Priyambodo Abstract “No pict is hoax” is a statement usually used by young people, which means that pictures need to be taken to provide a sense of meaningfulness to their stories. Generally, tourists use pictures to share their experiences from the tourist destination with their relatives, friends, and communities. In this digital era, there is no real need to share the photographs in printed version. Through the Internet, people can share their moments with all of their acquaintances in social media. This paper reports on research undertaken into tourists photo taking behavior at Nglanggeran Ancient Volcano. It finds that respondents take some pictures as part of self-actualization. Tourists mainly use camera in their mobile phones in preference to other photographic devices, which they will typically share via social media. The result shows that most respondents take pictures and share them in a single device that is mobile phone.
Keywords Tourists behavior Photography Mobile phone camera media Pictures Travel evidence Picture sharing
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H. Rahayuningsih (&) Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia e-mail: [email protected] K.W. Yuniarti The Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia e-mail: [email protected] T.K. Priyambodo Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017 A. Saufi et al. (eds.), Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1718-6_20
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Introduction Destination is the most important part of tourism. Whether the place is iconic or recommended by friends, the activity of traveling requires visitors to essentially make a trip to the destination, otherwise it may not be called “to travel” (Urry and Larsen 2011). Photography and tourism are intrinsically connected (Sheungting et al. 2011). Pictures can be a document and a form of experience during the journey (Haldrup and Larsen 2003; Larsen 2008). It may also provide the opportunity for tourists to share experiences with others (Groves and Timothy 2001). In addition, tourists take pictures to produce a memory that can be seen and enjoyed after the trip. Through pictures, tourists try to make the experience of traveling last longer (Urry and Larsen 2011). Since its discovery in the 1840s (Urry and Larsen 2011), photography has always been associated with traveling. Consequently, photography can no longer be separated from tourism (Larsen 2006). For tourists, photography can connect the pictures of the tourist destination with the memory of visiting the destination. Therefore, for many people, traveling is not complete without carrying a camera. Th
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