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Smart destinations and the evolution of ICTs: a new scenario for destination management?

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  • Josep A. Ivars-Baidal
  • Marco A. Celdrán-Bernabeu
  • Jose-Norberto Mazón
  • Ángel F. Perles-Ivars

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The impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on tourism and their foreseeable future evolution seem to be shaping a new scenario for destination management. This new context has given rise to the need for new management models. One of these models is the emerging smart tourism destination (STD), although it requires greater conceptual precision in order to become a new paradigm for destination management. This paper proposes a systemic model for STDs which facilitates the interpretation of the role of ICTs in the management of tourism destinations. Accordingly, the Delphi technique has been applied so as to determine the opinion of experts regarding the feasibility of the STD approach, its advantages and limitations and also the size of the impact of ICTs on the management and marketing of tourism destinations. This prospective exercise highlights the intensification of the impact of ICTs over the coming years which will shape a new scenario for management characterised by technology and data management. However, the efficiency of the STD approach will not depend exclusively only on technology but also on an appropriate governance of the destination that systematically incorporates the three levels of the STD, namely the strategic–relational, instrumental and applied levels.

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  • Josep A. Ivars-Baidal & Marco A. Celdrán-Bernabeu & Jose-Norberto Mazón & Ángel F. Perles-Ivars, 2019. "Smart destinations and the evolution of ICTs: a new scenario for destination management?," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(13), pages 1581-1600, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:22:y:2019:i:13:p:1581-1600
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1388771
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