Smart Destinations: The State of the Art

Dear Colleagues,

Tourist destinations are now faced with major challenges such as digital transformation and global climate change. In recent years, the travel sector has set off down a path towards sustainability and technological specialization; however, successful destinations are in search of real solutions to issues such as gentrification, the depletion of natural resources, global competition, changes in consumer habits, the technological revolution, and the threat of cyber attacks.

This Special Issue focuses on the potential of smart solutions to address these challenges at both the destination and business levels. How can smart solutions best be designed and applied to the challenges tourism destinations are faced with and how can businesses collaborate effectively to implement them? What lessons have we learned so far in developing and applying smart technologies to the tourism sector, and how do we best integrate these lessons into strategies as the sector seeks to move forward in addressing the challenges with which it is faced today and in the future?

This Special Issue will comprise papers presented at Tourism: The State of the Art, the third global gathering of the academic and business community around tourism, following the 1994 and 2004 international summits in Scotland. The objective of the Tenerife Global Summit 2024 is to provide solutions to the challenges facing smart destinations.

The conference streams include:

1. Collaborative and intelligent tourism governance;
2. New leadership and sustainable and inclusive growth;
3. Labour market and competitive transformation of destinations;
4. Tourist areas, environmental responsibility, and ecological transition;
5. Products, marketing, and tourism intelligence;
6. Digital transformation and digital tourism.

Prof. Dr. Brian Garrod
Dr. Eduardo Parra-López
Guest Editors

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• destination marketing
• destination management
• smart destinations
• technology
• sustainable development
• innovation and creativity