Colombian Tourism: Proposal App to Foster Smart Tourism in the Country

Abstract

The growth of Internet, Social Network Services (SNS) and the utilization of Information Technology (IT) is spreading in tourism industry. Since information has high value in this area, Colombian population and tourism are increasing, thus it is required to improve the resources' administration, this involves transforming conventional cities into smart cities with the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the use of IoT which allows the interconnection of things with the internet. The smart tourism is explained as a holistic approach that provide tour information, service related to travel, such as destination, food, transportation, hotel reservation, travel guide, conveniently to tourists through IT devices. In our research, we focus on the Colombian Tourism and from a literature review about the topic, proposing a tourism content for app development we propose a way for promoting it, taking different tools from some smart cities that allow to advance in the sector.

Sustainable, Smart and Muslim-Friendly Tourist Destinations

“…Today, there are intelligent guides that provide comprehensive tourist information on travel-related services such as where to eat, transportation, hotel reservations and travel guides to the destinations [36,37].…”

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Smart application of learning ecotourism for young eco-tourists

“…Moreover, tourism services can use smart technology to offer their services and gain information through user feedback to ensure service sustainability. Finally, Destination marketing organizations, which are responsible for providing information to potential visitors can use smart technologies to encourage visitors to purchase destination-related products (Chao et al, 2014;Halvatzaras & Kabassi, 2016;Meiliana et al, 2017;Nitti et al, 2017;Ruíz et al, 2017).…”