Network tourism: A fallacy of location privacy!

• Author(s): Costa, Gonçalo Jorge Morais da ; Silva, Nuno Sotero Alves da ; Pawlak, Piotr
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11144/371
• Origin: Camões - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Tourism
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This contribution aims to discuss if “locational” privacy in tourism is a fallacy! Nevertheless, the authors inform that the reason for this debate is 21st century tourist distinctive characteristic, constantly “wired” through ICT, leading to serious ethical issues as regards to personal privacy. Therefore, this paper is divided into five core sections: background (tourist, and ICT for tourism and tourist); control (etymology, the thin bound concerning security, and control and personal data); privacy (the concept, evolution, and dimensions); empirical evidences (overview, crime scene investigation, and keen exhibits); and finally, discussion (act 1 and act 2).