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This commentary critically examines the integration of smart tourism technologies within the tourism and hospitality sectors, focusing on their role in enhancing tourist experiences and operational efficiencies. Through a multidisciplinary approach encompassing a literature review, case studies, and empirical data analysis, the analysis adopts a constructivist perspective to explore tourists’ subjective experiences with technology. It highlights significant personalization, efficiency, and sustainability advancements while acknowledging challenges related to digital infrastructure and privacy concerns. Advocating for a balanced and sustainable approach that respects environmental integrity and cultural heritage, the commentary concludes with recommendations for future research on the socio-economic impacts of smart tourism, ethical data usage, and the adaptation of technologies to diverse contexts. It calls for increased investment in digital infrastructure and stakeholder collaborative efforts to promote sustainable and inclusive tourism development.
The importance of the image of the tourist destination in the communication and marketing of a tourist destination is beyond doubt. For this reason, numerous studies address these issues. However, not so many do so from the perspective of the emotion the receiver feels, which is why this study deals with analyzing the emotion generated in the receiver through neuromarketing techniques and measuring the level of engagement felt. As a fundamental part of this study, we added the variable of cultural differences, both generically and specifically for gender and age. We are mainly guided by the theories of Life Cycle Theory and Generational Theory to analyze age differences. At the same time, gender differences are approached from the Gender Role Theory. The sample comprises one hundred individuals with apparent cultural differences, one sample of German origin and residence and the other of Spanish origin and residence, 50/50. We approached the study from the point of view of the emotion felt by the receiver of the message based on ten neuromarketing techniques (EGG) and ten images used by a famous tourist destination known in both countries. The results suggest that not only are there differences in the emotion felt after viewing images of a tourist destination, but that these differences are also explained by cultural background, gender, and age.
As rural destinations continue to embrace transformative trends in technology, sustainability, and community-centric models, these innovations are expected to accelerate, profoundly reshaping the rural tourism landscape and unlocking new opportunities for both visitors and local stakeholders. This issue of the journal shines a much-needed spotlight on the burgeoning field of smart rural tourism, exploring how technological innovations and strategic approaches are transforming the development and experiences in these unique destinations. The content provides a nuanced understanding of the technological and organizational considerations that go into developing smart rural tourism ecosystems, offering a holistic perspective on the current state of the field and its applicability to the sustainable development of rural tourism.
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Chunxiang Zhang
Smart. Tour.
2020
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133 Views
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Balikun, known as the mother place of Han culture in Xinjiang, has rich cultural tourism resources and a good foundation for tourism development. It is one of the first counties to enter the list of national global tourism demonstration areas. Based on the analysis of Tunken culture and its tourism nature, this paper defines the concept of Tunken cultural tourism resources, and further excavates, classifies and analyzes the characteristics of Balikun Tunken cultural tourism resources. Based on the realistic basis of Balikun tourism development, this paper explores the realization path of the development of cultural tourism resources in Balikun from the perspective of global tourism.
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Influencing factors and stage characteristics of intelligent construction of rural tourism in Fujian
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Yingying Chen, Li Ou, Ge Guo, Chenchen Li
Smart. Tour.
2020
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1(2);
115 Views
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With the help of qualitative analysis software Nvivo11, this paper makes a rooted analysis on the field text data of six rural tourism spots in Fujian Province. It shows that the influencing factors of the intelligent construction of rural tourism mainly including human capital, performance expectation, effort expectation, social impact, market demand and capital conditions. In the initial construction stage of rural tourism, the influence of capital conditions and human capital is stronger; in its development and construction stage, the impact of performance expectation is the most critical, followed by effort expectation and capital conditions; In its relatively mature stage, performance expectation and effort expectation are the dominant factors, followed by social influence. To promote the intelligent construction of rural tourism, effective measures should be taken according to the key factors in different development stages. It should be guided by the actual needs of tourists, pay attention to the fit with the positioning of rural tourism destination and target market, and avoid being intelligent for the sake of intelligence.
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Francisco J. Ballina Ballina
Smart. Tour.
2020
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1(2);
183 Views
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The STD paradigm must consider the relevance of technology, not only as a management component, but also as an attribute of the tourist experience at the destination. The concept of physical experience is emerging as an important challenge for the design of each STD, and there may be relevant differences between types of destinations. This paper studies the STD/Physical binomial as the case of the chicken and the egg. It is based on field work in a rural destination, and builds a model that defines and values the concepts of Utility and Value of Technology for its visitors, integrating the main current technological applications in the STD. The results allow us to observe how mobile, online/ontime technology is a permanent part of the tourist behavior, and of the creation of a new type of personalized experience that.
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Gladys Maquera, Jesús Mariaca, Óscar Mendoza, Nelly Condori-Fernandez
Smart. Tour.
2020
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1(2);
127 Views
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Rural Community Tourism (RCT) is an activity that contributes to the economic, social and sustainable development of a country in rural areas. In this research, the goal is to develop an intelligent platform (IP) to meet the needs of different participants in RCT. It presents the experience of focusing on requirements engineering, going through different iterations where a SWOT analysis was performed, while using extreme programming, complying with ISO 25010, etc. The accurate identification of requirements is essential for the implementation and usability of the platform to have a social impact on the direct participants.
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Jucheng Zhang, Yiming Li, Ruxia Cheng
Smart. Tour.
2020
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188 Views
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Smart tourism not only is highly valued by the academic circles, but also has begun to practice in some areas and obtained good achievements. This article first expounds the origin of smart tourism; then discuss the current research progress and shortcomings of smart tourism from the conceptual connection, theory foundation and research methods, construction framework, technical support, application and evaluation system, etc. according to the content of the literature; at last, summarizes the theory structure of smart tourism research, revalue the position of smart tourism and propose some advice for future development.
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Longlong Liu
Smart. Tour.
2020
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1(2);
169 Views
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Tourism industry is one of the industries that promote the development of modern economy. Shangluo rural tourism is also developing slowly. Rural tourism improves the employment rate of farmers and drives the economic development of various places. With the rapid development of information technology in China, tourists travel in a variety of ways, and the needs of tourists are becoming more and more differentiated. Traditional rural tourism is difficult to meet the personalized needs of tourists. In such a social environment, Shangluo rural tourism should develop in the direction of smart tourism, so that we can quickly complete the intelligent development of Shangluo rural tourism and improve the development level of Shangluo rural tourism. Based on the background of the intelligent growth of rural tourism, this paper studies the current situation and problems of the intelligent development of rural tourism in Shangluo. It is concluded that there are still some problems in the intelligent development of Shangluo rural tourism, such as backward infrastructure, single website content, lack of talents related to Shangluo intelligent tourism, backward information technology and poor service quality of scenic spots. We should speed up the construction of Shangluo smart rural tourism and the industrial upgrading of Shangluo rural tourism from the aspects of government departments, tourism management departments, rural tourism communities and other departments.
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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Hung-Che Wu
Nanfang College Guangzhou, China
News & Announcements
2024-07-05
Call for Reading: Volume 5 Issue 1 Available
We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 Issue 1 of Smart Tourism. We sincerely invite researchers to download and read articles in this issue. It is hopeful that the content will bring readers new perspectives and inspire the research in related field.
2024-02-19
We are recruiting Editorial Board Members
Smart Tourism is recruiting new Editorial Board Members.
2024-01-15
New layout style in 2024
In 2024, Smart Tourism will adopt a new layout style. Please turn to the "Author Guidelines" for preparing your manuscripts.
2024-01-05
Brand new year for Smart Tourism
At the start of the New Year 2024, we would like to thank all the scholars who have contributed to this journal, including those who have recently stepped down from the editorial board. With their support, Smart Tourism has successfully published four volumes (eight issues in total). We look forward to an even more successful year for the journal.
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