The Tripadvisor App And The Online Complaints Made By Tourists: A Vision of Gastronomic Ventures in Fortaleza-CE

Authors

  • Ermelinda Lopes da Silva Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.
  • Eveline Alexandre Paulo Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.
  • Ewerton Reubens Coelho-Costa Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.
  • André Riani Costa Perinotto Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI (Campus Parnaíba - Curso de Turismo).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/podium.v7i3.214

Keywords:

Complaints online, TripAdvisor, Tourists, Restaurants, Profile

Abstract

The use of mobile applications in tourism has grown significantly in recent years, as a consequence of technological advances. Tourists are quite picky and increasingly use the internet as a means of expressing their frustrations over services that do not meet their expectations through apps like TripAdvisor. The objective of this study is to analyze the complaints posted by tourists on the TripAdvisor platform regarding the services provided by the main restaurants in Fortaleza-CE. It did examine the profile of the main claims published. The technique of non-participatory observation, derived from the ethnographic method, was used to analyze the complaints posted online by tourists from the TripAdvisor application, on the ten best restaurants of Fortaleza, during the year 2016. This work intends to suggest actions that allow the reduction of complaints in the gastronomic sector of Fortaleza, as well to contribute with studies in the area of ​​tourism.

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Author Biographies

Ermelinda Lopes da Silva, Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.

Mestra em Gestão de Negócios Turísticos pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE, Fortaleza, (Brasil). Professora Efetiva de Língua Espanhola do Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.

Eveline Alexandre Paulo, Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.

Mestra em Gestão de Negócios Turísticos pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE, Fortaleza, (Brasil). Professora Efetiva de Beneficiamento do Pescado e Controle de Qualidade do Pescado - IFCE (Instituto Federal do Ceará).

Ewerton Reubens Coelho-Costa, Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.

Mestre em Gestão de Negócios Turísticos pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE, Fortaleza, (Brasil). Professor do Instituto Federal do Ceará - IFCE.

André Riani Costa Perinotto, Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI (Campus Parnaíba - Curso de Turismo).

Doutor em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, UNISINOS, São Paulo, (Brasil). Professor Adjunto do Curso de Bacharelado em Turismo da Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI, Piauí. Professor Permanente do Mestrado em Gestão de Negócios Turísticos da UECE.

Published

2018-09-11

How to Cite

Silva, E. L. da, Paulo, E. A., Coelho-Costa, E. R., & Perinotto, A. R. C. (2018). The Tripadvisor App And The Online Complaints Made By Tourists: A Vision of Gastronomic Ventures in Fortaleza-CE. PODIUM Sport, Leisure and Tourism Review, 7(3), 370–389. https://doi.org/10.5585/podium.v7i3.214