The impact of smart destination implementations in Malaga

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dc.contributor.authorKarakas, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorAtay, Lutfi
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:22:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:22:28Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPurposeThis study assesses the impact of smart destination implementations in Malaga. Thus, this study aims to guide the transformation of destinations into smart destinations as well as the introduction of smart destination concept in the literature. Design/methodology/approachMalaga was selected because it was one of the two winners of 2020 European Capital of Smart Tourism competition as well as the winner in the accessibility category of the 2019. The research population lives in Malaga and has been professionally involved in smart destination implementations. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview of 14 smart-tourism experts in different career fields. Content analysis was applied to the findings. FindingsMalaga has become a successful smart destination while it has had a great success in improving its attractiveness and competitiveness due to the developments in the past 20 years. Now, its citizens and tourists are very satisfied and have a higher and more attractive quality of life. Moreover, Malaga has become a leading destination, especially in accessibility and mobility. Originality/valueAlthough smart destination is becoming popular topic day by day, almost all the studies are created to introduce the approach with secondary data. There are still only limited research studies conducted by primary data on a real smart destination case. Furthermore, Malaga is a quite good example to understand the importance of smart destination approach since the city has achieved to become an attractive and popular destination for both tourists and local residents.
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/JHTT-09-2021-0263
dc.identifier.endpage837
dc.identifier.issn1757-9880
dc.identifier.issn1757-9899
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85165935399
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage815
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/JHTT-09-2021-0263
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21902
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001037367200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectSmart tourism
dc.subjectSmart applications
dc.subjectMalaga
dc.subjectTourist buying behavior
dc.subjectQuality of life
dc.subjectQoL
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dc.titleThe impact of smart destination implementations in Malaga
dc.typeArticle

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