英文摘要 |
Rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) and smartmobile devices present tremendous new opportunities for their use in cultural marketing.This study implemented a cloud-based application with QR code mapplets for PingTungCounty, PingTung City, and Liudui Hakka Area. These mapplets served as a marketing toolfor cultural tourism. This research further examined user readiness, an indicator ofpreliminary marketing success, toward QR code use in cultural tourism. A research modelwas proposed by extending Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for the study context.Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the 205 valid sample data collected fromcollege students after practicing the application. The findings revealed that the researchmodel explains the QR codes use in cultural tourism reasonably well. In particular,tour/learning value, ease of use, and intended tourism use positively impacted intendedcultural learning use; while tour/learning value and ease of use positively influencedintended tourism use. Perceived ease of use positively influenced tour/learning value.Implications for QR code use in cultural marketing are discussed. |