Barbara Neuhofer

Barbara Neuhofer is currently a PhD Researcher at the John Kent Institute in Tourism and eTourismLab at Bournemouth University, UK, where she writes her thesis about “Technology Enhanced Tourist Experiences: a holistic exploration of how technology can enhance the tourist experiences”.

Before joining Bournemouth University, she was working as a researcher at the Department of Tourism Research and part-time lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Austria. She holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in Tourism Management from the University of Derby, UK. In her master’s thesis, she researched the perceived value of location based services in a tourism context.

Further research interests regard etourism, mobile tourism, the use of information and communication technologies in tourism, website usability as well as the tourist experience and the role ICT play in the enhancement of tourism experiences.

CONTACT BARBARA NEUHOFER:
Email address: bneuhofer@bournemouth.ac.uk