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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tourism and the smartphone app
T2 - capabilities, emerging practice and scope in the travel domain
AU - Dickinson, Janet E.
AU - Ghali, Karen
AU - Cherrett, Thomas
AU - Speed, Chris
AU - Davies, Nigel
AU - Norgate, Sarah
N1 - Date of Acceptance: 30/07/2012
PY - 2014/1/2
Y1 - 2014/1/2
N2 - Based on its advanced computing capabilities and ubiquity, the smartphone has rapidly been adopted as a tourism travel tool. With a growing number of users and a wide variety of applications emerging, the smartphone is fundamentally altering our current use and understanding of the transport network and tourism travel. Based on a review of smartphone apps, this article evaluates the current functionalities used in the domestic tourism travel domain and highlights where the next major developments lie. Then, at a more conceptual level, the article analyses how the smartphone mediates tourism travel and the role it might play in more collaborative and dynamic travel decisions to facilitate sustainable travel. Some emerging research challenges are discussed.
AB - Based on its advanced computing capabilities and ubiquity, the smartphone has rapidly been adopted as a tourism travel tool. With a growing number of users and a wide variety of applications emerging, the smartphone is fundamentally altering our current use and understanding of the transport network and tourism travel. Based on a review of smartphone apps, this article evaluates the current functionalities used in the domestic tourism travel domain and highlights where the next major developments lie. Then, at a more conceptual level, the article analyses how the smartphone mediates tourism travel and the role it might play in more collaborative and dynamic travel decisions to facilitate sustainable travel. Some emerging research challenges are discussed.
KW - smartphone
KW - app
KW - Internet of things
KW - transport
KW - mobile media
KW - sustainable travel
U2 - 10.1080/13683500.2012.718323
DO - 10.1080/13683500.2012.718323
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 84
EP - 101
JO - Current Issues in Tourism
JF - Current Issues in Tourism
SN - 1368-3500
IS - 1
ER -