From smart destinations to smart tourism regions

There is growing interest in developing smart tourism beyond individual smart destinations, but research and practice currently do not supply the necessary conceptualizations that could inform smart tourism development at a regional level. This paper argues that this is the case because of smart tou...

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Published in:	Investigaciones regionales no. 42; pp. 171 - 184
Main Author:	Gretzel, Ulrike
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Madrid Investigaciones Regionales 01-01-2018
Subjects:	Big Data ciudades inteligentes Cloud computing destinos inteligentes escalabilidad gobernanza governance Infrastructure Innovations Internet of Things Radio frequency identification regiones inteligentes scalability Smart cities smart city smart destination smart region Smart tourism Sustainability Technology adoption Tourism Tourism development Tourist attractions Turismo inteligente China
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Summary:	There is growing interest in developing smart tourism beyond individual smart destinations, but research and practice currently do not supply the necessary conceptualizations that could inform smart tourism development at a regional level. This paper argues that this is the case because of smart tourism's roots in smart city ideas and literature. It discusses the main pillars of smart tourism and smart destinations and then illustrates how pervasive urban biases are in the smart development arena. The paper then highlights the many ways in which these are problematic for reaching regional smart tourism understandings and designing appropriate regional-level strategies. It calls for smart tourism regions to be defined beyond clusters of individual smart destinations and across all domains of smartness.
ISSN:	1695-7253 2340-2717 2340-2717