ABSTRACT
This brief introduction to Locative Tourism Applications offers the reader a taste of the many ways cities are using locative tourism applications to re-enchant the urban by layering images, audio, and video – alongside the promise of more novel sensory experiences – over the streetscape. While these applications may seem at first glance to “script” the street, guiding the tourist through a series of digitally augmented signposts, this introduction suggests that the journey of locative tourism is less straightforward than it might appear. The remainder of this introduction lays out the three-part structure of this book for the reader’s benefit.
