The development of mobile tourism in the upper silesian metropolitan area of Poland

Mateusz Naramski; Krzysztof Herman

doi:10.3390/SU12010044

The development of mobile tourism in the upper silesian metropolitan area of Poland

Department of Economy and Informatics (ROZ/ROZ1)

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	44
Pages (from-to)	1-22
Number of pages	22
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/SU12010044
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

M-tourism
Mobile applications
Smart tourism
Sustainability in tourism
Sustainable business models

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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