Place Branding for Smart Cities and Smart Tourism Destinations: Do They Communicate Their Smartness?

Huertas, Assumpció; Moreno, Antonio; Pascual, Jordi Alberich

doi:10.3390/su131910953

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“…As a result of these initiatives, smart cities can develop into so-called smart tourist destinations [141]. As shown in previous studies, smart systems increase the tourists' satisfaction with, and attraction to, a destination [144,146,147]. Previous literature also considers the role of smart mobility as one important factor in smart tourism [148].…”

Section: Economymentioning

confidence: 96%

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Blockchain for Smart Mobility—Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

2021

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Today’s cities face numerous challenges due to climate change and urbanization. The concept of a smart city aims to help cities to address these challenges by adapting modern information and communication technology. Smart mobility and transportation form one important aspect of smart cities. Inefficient mobility in cities can lead to problems such as traffic congestion, which results in frustration for residents and a decrease in the quality of life. Against the backdrop of global warming, cities also strive to reduce CO2 emissions, an attempt which requires sustainable and novel mobility concepts. Blockchain is a current technology, said to have huge potential, that is being investigated for application in many facets of smart cities. In the context of smart mobility, blockchain can be used for transactions relating to ridesharing and electric charging, handling of interactions of platoon members, or serving as a foundation for communication between vehicles. Although initial research about this topic exists, it is distributed among different use-cases and applications. This article conducts a systematic literature review to analyze blockchain’s role in mobility and transportation in smart cities, and its potential to increase efficiency in these areas. With this review, we aim to consolidate and summarize the current knowledge about this topic. As a first result, we present the findings from our literature review, which can be divided into five categories of use-cases. We also present a platform for further research about this emerging topic by identifying promising future research avenues. For this purpose, we derive a future research agenda based on our findings.

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Section: Economymentioning

confidence: 96%

“…One further aspect that is not yet covered by existing literature is that of tourism. Smart cities not only use ICT for enhancing the experience of their own citizens, but also for tourists visiting a city [144,145]. As a result of these initiatives, smart cities can develop into so-called smart tourist destinations [141].…”

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confidence: 99%

Blockchain for Smart Mobility—Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

2021

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“…The convenience and advantages provided by smart technologies to cities cause destinations to be more interested in these technologies and to spend more effort to become STD (Huertas et al, 2021). STDs integrate high-tech applications with advanced physical infrastructure to increase the competitiveness of the city by providing innovative services for tourists.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart tourism destination: A bibliometric review

Ercan¹

2023

EJTR

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This study aims to review the articles published in journals indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database on smart tourism destination (STD) using the bibliometric analysis technique. In line with this main purpose, the annual number of STD articles, WoS categories, and indexes, most productive countries, country collaborations, most productive institutions, co-citation network of journals, most cited articles, and authors, co-citation network of authors, and most used author keywords were analysed. The WoS database was scanned between the 1975- December 2021 period and 70 articles were found. CiteSpace 5.8.R3 bibliometric data analysis software was used in the analysis. The results obtained from the analysis show that the first article on STD in the WoS database journals was published in 2013. However, it has been determined that Spain is the leading country in the world in terms of article productivity, country collaboration, and centrality. Most of the STD articles have been published in the SSCI- indexed journals and hospitality leisure sport tourism category. According to other results, the most productive institution is Universidad de Alicante, the most cited article is published by Boes et al., titled “Smart Tourism Destinations: Ecosystems for Tourism Destination Competitiveness” and the author with the highest co-citation count is Ulrike Gretzel. With this study, the current situation and emerging trends in the STD literature are revealed and a research guide for future studies is formed.

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“…Tourists get attracted to places where there exists quality public services and communicate a positive place image (Huertas et al, 2021). This calls for the sustainable development of these urban areas.…”

Section: Tourism and Sustainable Urban Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

A conceptual framework on finding the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities – the moderating role of green leadership

Amoako

Obuobisa‐Darko

Dartey‐Baah

et al. 2023

IJTC

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Purpose This paper aims to focus on the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities. The main focus is on how green leadership influences the relationship between smart and sustainable activities and stakeholder management. Design/methodology/approach The work is essentially a non-empirical review of the literature to develop a conceptual model to be tested in a subsequent study. Findings The findings indicate that smart cities and their sustainability activities can drive desired outcomes through green leadership. Also, green leadership has an indirect relationship with the desired outcomes of smart cities; hence, managers in the tourism and hospitality industries should cultivate their green leadership style to assist smart cities in accomplishing their goals. Research limitations/implications This research is conceptual, and the proposed model will need to be evaluated to be more valid. Furthermore, the model is restricted to the tourist and hospitality industry, limiting the generalization and application of the findings to that area. Furthermore, because sustainability activities and smart city leadership differ by region or country, the proposed model will be suitable for more developed economies with more developed sustainability policies. Practical implications This paper makes a novel theoretical contribution by using stakeholder management as a mediating variable and green leadership as a moderating variable concurrently. Originality/value This model suggests that smart and sustainability activities of cities can lead to desired outcomes for smart cities through effective stakeholder management and green leadership.

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Place Branding for Smart Cities and Smart Tourism Destinations: Do They Communicate Their Smartness?

Cited by 33 publications

References 78 publications

Blockchain for Smart Mobility—Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Blockchain for Smart Mobility—Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Smart tourism destination: A bibliometric review

A conceptual framework on finding the nexus between sustainability and desired outcomes for smart cities – the moderating role of green leadership

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