The potential offered by smart cities to promote smart tourist destinations

Abstract

Abstract. The digital revolution has radically changed the world, as new digital technologies have introduced important innovations in factories, hospitals and schools, especially cities, improving the efficiency of city operations and life quality of its citizens and visitors. This study is a demonstration of the capabilities provided by smart cities to promote smart tourism through global experiences, where the study concluded that the inclusion of smart city determinants will make it a smart tourism destination and thus realize the concept of smart tourism as part of smart city, and improve the Provided tourism services quality and tourism experiences, since the innovation and sustainability are the only way to improve life quality and social value of both local residents and tourists.

Component Technologies on Home-Based Enterprises: A Trend in Smart Cities Development

“…HBEs are usually operated from homes either to minimise costs, avoiding to get business premises due to the nature of the business and the convenience associated with it, lowering the time spent going to such premises outside the home (Mason et al, 2011;Vorley & Rodgers, 2012). In a similar vein, some researchers (Walker et al, 2008;Ekinsmyth, 2011;Loscocco & Bird, 2012;Wynarczyk & Graham, 2013;Reuschke, 2019;Reuschkea & Masonb, 2020;Nezai et al, 2021) particularly for women, secured additional factors such as convenience given by working from home, which improves the balance between work and life, living standards, parenting demands, and other family engagements and situations.…”

“… Smart environment: Conservation of available productive capacity through resource efficiency; assessed by the physical attributes of natural circumstances, pollution levels, protection of the environment, and natural resources and environmental accountability (Buhalis & Amaranggana, 2015).  Smart mobility: Accessibility and ease of handling of contemporary transportation systems for interand intra-city travel, as measured by the indicators of connectivity and flexibility at the local, national, and ICT services levels, and the accessibility of contemporary, inventive, and safe transportation processes (Giffinger et al, 2007;Nezai et al, 2021).  Smart people: This refers to the standard of the city's citizens as assessed by their traits and variables of educational attainment, their interest in lifelong learning, their sensitivity to social and ethnic diversity, their adaptability, their creative thinking, their approachability, and their involvement in civic affairs (Jasrotia & Gangotia, 2018).…”

“… Smart people: This refers to the standard of the city's citizens as assessed by their traits and variables of educational attainment, their interest in lifelong learning, their sensitivity to social and ethnic diversity, their adaptability, their creative thinking, their approachability, and their involvement in civic affairs (Jasrotia & Gangotia, 2018).  Smart economy: Put into practice economic strategies that capitalises on the digitalisation of marketing processes, and have benefits and indices such as cost-effective image and brands, attractiveness, creativity, improved quality, flexible employment market, global economic integration, and transformational potentials (Nezai et al, 2021).  Smart life: It is an offer of a better quality of life, social solidarity, and a healthy environment accessible through socio-cultural and educational services, and which expresses an intelligent life form through the availability of cultural landscapes and well-being, housing quality, individual security and selfconsciousness, academic facilities, and socioeconomic harmony (Harrison & Donnelly, 2011).…”

“…"Smart" or "intelligent" is a new catchphrase used to explain social, commercial, and technological advancements that rely on the sensors fuelled by technologies like open data, Big Data, and new approaches to data documentation and information connectivity, accessibility, and transaction (Gretzel et al, 2015;Nezai et al, 2021), and the concept was also introduced to cities (smart city) to denote initiatives aimed at the use devices innovatively and creative means to enhance equitable distribution of resources (Basri, 2019). The operation and functioning of HBEs in smart cities are of high quality in general delivery for both its operators and customers towards restocking of products (Bravo, 2019).…”

“…The concept of HBEs operating in a technology-driven city requires the use of internet-enabled devices like phones in advancing technologies. Harrison et al (2010) and Nezai et al (2021) reported that 'smart' as a concept defines high communication levels and numerous functions in the marketing context involving HBEs to mean a smart economy. Hence, the phrase 'smart city' describes sustainable urban growth resilience (smart environment), the incorporation of ICTs into the management of HBEs services (smart economy), and the creation of a participatory environment for creativity and collaboration (smart governance).…”