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The Rise of eTourism for Development

In: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015

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  • Alessandro Inversini

    (Bournemouth University)

  • Isabella Rega

    (Bournemouth University)

  • Isabella Nunes Pereira

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/COPPE, Programa de Engenharia de Produção)

  • Roberto Bartholo

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/COPPE, Programa de Engenharia de Produção)

Abstract

This paper presents the conceptualization of eTourism For Development (eT4D), an emerging and still underexplored field of research. eT4D can be defined as the use of tourism technologies in developing and emerging contexts to foster socio-economic development. eT4D is a new concept that integrates three distinct disciplines: development studies, tourism studies and information and communication technologies. The paper describes and defines the eT4D field from a theoretical point of view. Additionally the research presents an exploratory case study describing current tourism technology usage in a given developing context that is the one of Rocinha, a slum in Rio de Janeiro. Results confirm the theoretical conceptualization of the domain and the need of investigating the eT4D field also from a practical perspective.

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  • Alessandro Inversini & Isabella Rega & Isabella Nunes Pereira & Roberto Bartholo, 2015. "The Rise of eTourism for Development," Springer Books, in: Iis Tussyadiah & Alessandro Inversini (ed.), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015, edition 127, pages 419-431, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-14343-9_31
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14343-9_31
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    1. Mauro Sarrica & Isabella Rega & Alessandro Inversini & Laura Soledad Norton, 2021. "Slumming on Social Media? E-Mediated Tourist Gaze and Social Representations of Indian, South African, and Brazilian Slum Tourism Destinations," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-17, September.
    2. Nadzeya Kalbaska & Tomasz Janowski & Elsa Estevez & Lorenzo Cantoni, 2017. "When digital government matters for tourism: a stakeholder analysis," Information Technology & Tourism, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 315-333, September.

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    Keywords

    eTourism 4 development; eToruism; ICT4D;
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