Core Idea of the Paper
• Destination images are no longer formed only through travel, but increasingly through mediated exposure: the way individuals come to “know” and imagine destinations through algorithmically curated and AI-generated content, without ever physically visiting them.
• In the digital age, seeing replaces visiting as a primary source of knowledge about places.
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🌍 Shift in Tourism Logic
• Tourism does not begin with movement; it begins wi