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Arabian Photos: Investigating User-Generated Content
Journal
Information And Communication Technologies In Tourism 2010
Date Issued
2010
Author(s)
Syed-Ahmad, SF
Pengiran-Kahar, DINF
Lahadzir, A
Murphy, J
DOI
10.1007/978-3-211-99407-8_49
Abstract
This paper focuses on User-Generated (UG) photos in the understudied Arab Muslim World. Over four million public photos on Flickr.com represent Arab countries' UG presence, with Egypt and Palestine the top countries for the respective keywords of travel and Muslim. The findings also reveal varied United Arab Emirates' presence, with ten times more Dubai photos than the next highest emirate Abu Dhabi and two hundred times more than three emirates. At the country level, the results of hypotheses testing showed significant relationships between the presences of public Flickr photos with Arabian Internet connectivity, tourist arrivals and Muslim population.