scholarly journals Post-COVID-19 recovery of island tourism using a smart tourism destination framework

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 100689
Author(s):  
Jacques Bulchand-Gidumal
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Smart Tourism

Towards a Smart Tourism Destination Development Model: Promoting Environmental, Economic, Socio-cultural and Political Values

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Brandão Cavalheiro ◽  
Luiz Antonio Joia ◽  
Gabriel Marcuzzo do Canto Cavalheiro
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Smart Tourism

Prospect of Promoting Sikkim as a Smart Tourism Destination

2022 ◽  
pp. 326-345
Author(s):  
Supriya Dam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
The State ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Essential Ingredient ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Smart Tourism

Since 2006, Sikkim progressively switching to a full-fledged tourism-centred state having declared it a predominant industry as an engine for its economic growth. The state accounted for the highest influx of foreign tourists amongst the eight north eastern states of India during the last 20 years or so. The smart city mission was commissioned by government of India as a centrally sponsored scheme destined to provide financial support for the allotted cities to the extent of INR. 100 Crore per city per year spanning over five years. Studies suggest that induction of smart city concept will act as precursor for growth of smart tourism destinations (STDs) across the country. The STD as a concept revolves around “6A's,” an essential ingredient for promoting smart tourism in destinations. Incidentally, two cities in Sikkim have been enlisted amongst the top 100 cities in India for promoting smart city, instrumental in promoting STD in tourism-driven states. The chapter delves into the concept of smart city as an antecedent for promoting STD along with conditions with respect to Sikkim.

M-Tour: A new socio-technological design application for destination competitiveness in Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseck Nyaboro ◽  
Kwangsoo Park ◽  
Jaehyun Park
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Technical Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Destination Competitiveness ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Smart Tourism

PurposeThe study explores how the comparative tourism destination could incorporate the merits of the competitive tourism destination by implementing a socio-technical design application for smart tourism.Design/methodology/approachTo address this issue researchers have conducted a case study in Egypt, because Egypt is one of the most popular tourism comparative destination. It includes two field studies and qualitative interviews conducted in Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt.FindingsEgypt has diverse comparative advantages in terms of touristic features; however, the dysfunctional flow of information among the stakeholders was a hindrance to be a competitive destination. Based on this problem statement, the researchers synthesized “M-Tour” as a new socio-technical design application, moving toward the competitive destination from the comparative ones.Originality/valueThe present study makes two contributions. First, it theoretically conceptualizes an integrated model of how a tourism comparative destination can incorporate the competitive advantages by a socio-technical design application called M-Tour. Second, it empirically explores the tourists' latent requirements in Egypt by two field studies in order to develop a smart tourism design application as a new socio-technology.

scholarly journals Visiting Tourism Destination: Is It Influenced by Smart Tourism Technology?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Eko Susanto ◽  
◽  
Syifaa Novianti ◽  
Wahyu Rafdinal ◽  
Mega Fitriani Adiwarna Prawira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Smart Tourism

Smart business: the element of delay in the future of smart tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Ballina
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
Smart Tourism

Purpose Smart tourism (ST) needs the development of smart business. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the future of the smart component of tourism companies, what their perspectives are and what factors can help to accelerate it. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 133 managers of tourist companies is the basis of the empirical information. The study was a personal survey carried out during FITUR 2019 International Tourism Fair of Madrid. The main element of the study is the future development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and smart tourism (ST) in business. Findings The results indicate that there is little development at present of the smart business eco-system and that development will continue to be slow in the future. Moreover, this is not a critical issue in the agendas of companies. It was found that tourists pressure tourism through the extensive use of their smartphones, but only at the level of tourism resources. Furthermore, it will be the consolidation of the smart tourism destination that marks the medium and long-term design of smart business. Research limitations/implications The limitations concern the problems of a sampling procedure. Firstly, it operates with a database of managers’ opinions; secondly, there are specificities of each company in particular. Practical implications The design of the smart tourism destination must incorporate the integration of tourism companies, both with a useful vision of ICTs towards the creation of experiences. Originality/value Research on smart business tourism is very scarce compared to smart destination and smart tourists. Also, the data are supported by managers of important tourism companies, as their companies are present at FITUR.

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