Conference paper

THE HUMAN LIBRARY INITIATIVE AS AN EXPERIENCE-BASED TOURISM PRODUCT

Iva Slivar ; Faculty of Economics and Tourism “dr. M.Mirković”, University of J. Dobrile in Pula, Croatia
Aljoša Vitasović ; Faculty of Economics and Tourism “dr. M.Mirković”, University of J. Dobrile in Pula, Croatia
Moira Kostić Bobanović ; Faculty of Economics and Tourism “dr. M.Mirković”, University of J. Dobrile in Pula, Croatia

Abstract

The desire to get to know new cultures and their way of living has always inspired people to travel. Human library initiative provides precisely that - an opportunity to get to know different people from first-hand. It is a one of a kind of library where instead of borrowing books, one “rents” people who tell their stories. This is initiative is easily applicable in tourism: both in promotion of destinations and as experience-based products, which are increasing in demand. The goal of this paper is to introduce human library as a new experience based tourism amenity that will disclose interesting stories about the destination and its residents in different languages. The development of the initiative for tourism purposes and the comparison of living books and other in-destination information provision services are provided.

Keywords

human library; living books; experience tourism

Hrčak ID:

161674

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161674

Publication date:

1.10.2015.

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