Smart tourism destinations: ecosystems for tourism destination competitiveness

International Journal of Tourism Cities

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 108-124

  Boes, Kim ^a   Buhalis, Dimitrios ^a   Inversini, Alessandro ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICT; Smart city; Smart tourism destination; Tourism competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037632789     PISSN: 20565607     EISSN: 20565615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJTC-12-2015-0032     Document Type: Article

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