1st Edition

Tourism Technology, Sustainability, and Local Community Empowerment

Edited By Hafizullah Dar, Kuldeep Singh, Babu George Copyright 2026
292 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This timely book critically explores how smart tourism technologies can create more inclusive, empowered communities, helping local residents benefit from and participate in the tourism economy while ensuring sustainability. To achieve this, it examines the role of digital platforms, smart infrastructure, and advanced technologies like AI, IoT, and big data in enhancing local engagement,... Read more

1. Leveraging Social Capital for Virtual Destination Promotion: A Case Study of Community-Based Tourism in Tra Vinh, Vietnam

Ta Xuan Hoai, Phan Thi Ngan, Hoang Ba Thinh

2. Understanding Consumer Preferences in Mall Selection for Urban Tourism: A Case Study in Semarang, Indonesia

Riri Ramadhani Putri, M. Mujiya Ulkhaq, Naniek Utami Handayani

3. Co-Creation for Sustainable and Inclusive Tourism: Exploring the Nexus of Learning, Collaboration, and Stakeholder-Driven Innovation

Rekha Maitra, and Archana Mishra

4. Blockchain-Enabled Frameworks for Local Community in Tourism: Integrating Decentralization, Tokenized Incentives and Transparent Governance

Priyakrushna Mohanty

5. Digital Transformation Determining the Future of Empowered Tourism Communities: A New Era for Museum Management

Nermin A. Khasawneh, Vineet Kumar, and Nashwa Samir El-Sherif Ibrahim Ismail

6. Public-Private Collaboration for Smart Resource Management in Tourist Destinations

Shugufta Pandith1 and Kirti Sharma

7. Virtual Reality in Tourism Marketing: A Bibliometric and Thematic Analysis of Current Trends

Wijdane Merioumi and Ghita Ibrahimi

8. Platforms of Promise: Digital Communication Strategies and the Empowerment of Local Entrepreneurs in Tourism Rusha Mudgal, Sam V Rao, and Pooja Rana

9. From Screens to Suitcases: Examining the Impact of Digital Marketing on Travel Intentions among Youth Tourists Simran Sikka, Ritika Bhatia, Kuldeep Singh

10: The Rise of Technology and Local Communities in Tourism

Supina Supina, Amrik Singh, and Abuelhassan Elshazly Abuelhassan

11. Double AI Simulations Supported by Synthetic Data in Smart Tourism Innovation for Corporate Foresight

Judit Katalin Fejes and Etelka Katits

12. Sentient Systems and Cultural Sentinels: Ethical Architectures of AI in Asian Experiential Tourism

Prerna Srivastava  Arnab Gantait, and Pratibha Gupta

13. The Empathic Destination: AI, NLP, Sentiment Analysis, and Community Voice in the Future of Tourism

Shakeel Basheer, Hafizullah Dar, Sheezan Farooq, and Mohammed Jaboob

14. Visualising the Research Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Community Based Tourism

Thi Thuy Hang, Vu, Hai Ha, Hoang, and Duc-Minh, Nguyen

 

Biography

Hafizullah Dar, PhD, is currently holding a position of Assistant Professor in Tourism and Airlines, School of Hotel Management and Tourism, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India.

Kuldeep Singh, PhD, currently serves as Assistant Professor in Amity School of Hospitality, Amity University, Haryana, India.

Babu George, PhD, is Professor at Alcorn State University, USA.