Experience Barcelona as a local
Kivelä, Meri (2022)
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022120727056
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022120727056
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The purpose of this product-based thesis is to provide an authentic guide for the
commissioner’s, Tripsteri, app called DayTripster, which is targeted to travellers who seek
for a local experience when travelling. The product is designed to create responsible options in the tourism sector and to create new initiatives to fight overtourism in Barcelona. It is built as restaurant tours by different themes including the commissioner’s values. The main theoretical starting points are authenticity and responsibility in tourism, which includes local culture to consider, when planning travelling in touristic destinations and new products within the tourism industry. Development methods used in this study are qualitative research which includes structured interviews and observation for data collection. The thesis is built of theory, research, and product parts. The theory part covers Barcelona as a touristic destination with overtourism as a dilemma, and themes, such as authenticity, responsibility, creativity, and smart tourism. The product development part discusses qualitative research, interview and observation as a data collection methods. In addition, the researcher demonstrates how the research methods are implemented in practice. Lastly, the product implementation part introduces the product creation process. The product result, meaning the tours with descriptions of the places and pictures, is presented as images taken from the app in the appendix 1. Appendix 2 demonstrate the answers from the interviews. The tours are created according to the interview results and the researcher’s observation.
commissioner’s, Tripsteri, app called DayTripster, which is targeted to travellers who seek
for a local experience when travelling. The product is designed to create responsible options in the tourism sector and to create new initiatives to fight overtourism in Barcelona. It is built as restaurant tours by different themes including the commissioner’s values. The main theoretical starting points are authenticity and responsibility in tourism, which includes local culture to consider, when planning travelling in touristic destinations and new products within the tourism industry. Development methods used in this study are qualitative research which includes structured interviews and observation for data collection. The thesis is built of theory, research, and product parts. The theory part covers Barcelona as a touristic destination with overtourism as a dilemma, and themes, such as authenticity, responsibility, creativity, and smart tourism. The product development part discusses qualitative research, interview and observation as a data collection methods. In addition, the researcher demonstrates how the research methods are implemented in practice. Lastly, the product implementation part introduces the product creation process. The product result, meaning the tours with descriptions of the places and pictures, is presented as images taken from the app in the appendix 1. Appendix 2 demonstrate the answers from the interviews. The tours are created according to the interview results and the researcher’s observation.