The impact of insta tourism on tourism decision making of generation y

Abstract EN

Instagram is considered a mega trend on digital platforms that allow participants to interact with each other and virtually communicate and share information among users.

In addition to increasing efficiency and competitiveness in the tourism industry.

This study aims to identify the impact of Instagram on generation Y's choices of their destination, to investigate Instagram performance as a source of information for tourists, and evaluate travel agencies' usage of Instagram.

This study has a quantitative approach which is collecting information using an online questionnaire that targeted 305 Instagram users from generation Y.

Travel agencies should use Instagram for inspiration and marketing their tourism programs to travellers.

They also should be up to date with all the social media platforms in order to reach their target market more easily.