| Title |
The Development of Mobile Tourism in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area of Poland |
| ID_Doc |
70963 |
| Authors |
Naramski, M; Herman, K |
| Title |
The Development of Mobile Tourism in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area of Poland |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
Sustainability, 12.0, 1 |
| DOI |
10.3390/su12010044 |
| Abstract |
Smart tourism is a concept that is becoming more and more popular worldwide in modern tourism. It is a tourism orientated part of the smart city concept, which can also be treated as a specific type of business model. Support and presence of tourist attractions for smartphone users through various apps is one of the first technological stages in the process of adapting this concept in a touristic region. Therefore, the paper's aim was to observe and measure the development of touristic sites' presence in mobile applications, in a developing touristic region. In order to do so, we compared data obtained from mobile applications in the years 2015 and 2019. The selected apps contain databases of touristic sites and allow tourists to search for attractions, hotels and restaurants. The comparison showed quantitative changes in the number of those types of objects found by mobile apps in the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, picturing the development and use of those apps in this given region. |
| Author Keywords |
m-tourism; mobile applications; sustainability in tourism; smart tourism; sustainable business models |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000521955600044 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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