What is Smart Destination

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There is not a clear distinction between a smart city and a smart destination. It can be defined as a destination that adopts an interactive/participative management style and aims to enhance the residents’ and tourists’ quality of life by using ICTs and other technologies for data collection, storage, exchange, and processing. Smart destinations focus on the effective and efficient use of resources, a cleaner environment, and ultimately sustainability. Learn more in: A New Concept in Tourism: Smart Tourism Destinations

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A tourist destination where tourist facilities & services such as accommodation, transportation, attraction booking and operated through technology. Learn more in: Tourist Experience in Smart City Destination of Jaipur (Rajasthan)

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Cloud communication, internet-connected things and end-user internet destinations. Learn more in: Smart Applications in Tourism

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It's much more than a destination that applies new technologies. Faced with technological challenges and the resulting social changes, a smart destination is a destination that manages and plans with “smartness”. Learn more in: Gamification as a Tool for Smart Tourism

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Smart city that adopts the aim of enhancing the tourist experience via using advanced ICTs and technological tools. Learn more in: Integrating Big Data to Smart Destination Heritage Management

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Is a geographical space (which can range from a neighborhood to a network of cities) where tourism development is planned and executed based on technological infrastructure, allowing local sustainable development while providing quality of the experiences for visitors and the quality of life for locals. Learn more in: Challenges and Opportunities in the Tourism Sector in the Post-COVID-19 Period

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Application of the concept of Smart City for tourist destinations, using the management of tourists as a central point. Learn more in: The Perception of the Effect of Tourism on the Local Community before the Ibiza Smart Island Project

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Smart destination is the integrated concept in which the principles are applied to the new city profile and not only in the citizens but also in the exchange process. Learn more in: Smart Tourism, Smart Cities, and Smart Destinations as Knowledge Management Tools

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It is the type of destination where tourist experiences and services are supported and developed with smart technologies such as mobile applications, IoT, artificial intelligence and big data. Learn more in: Accessible Tourism Experiences in Smart Destinations: The Case of Breda (Netherlands)

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A new step in the evolution of ICT that enables destinations to build their competitiveness based on the interoperability of systems and co-creation of tourism products. Learn more in: Should Festival Be Smarter?: ICT on Mass Events – The Case of the Exit Festival (Novi Sad, Serbia)

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It refers to destinations that have state-of-the-art technology, ensure the sustainability of tourism destinations, facilitate the communication of tourists with the environment and enhance the quality of life of local people. Learn more in: Reconstructing Silk Road Tourism Through Digitalisation

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A smart destination is one with a strategy for technology, innovation, sustainability, accessibility, and inclusivity along the entire tourism cycle: before, during and after the trip. A smart destination is also one with residents as well as tourists in mind, factoring multilingualism, cultural idiosyncrasies, and seasonality into tourism planning. Learn more in: Tourist Experience and Digital Transformation

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Describes the destinations that embrace the use of emerging technologies for data collection, data analysis and implementation of environmental, economic, and social measures for a sustainable future. Learn more in: The Technological Power of Mysticism: A New Approach to Management of Religious Destinations