The diffusion of disrupting innovations has generated significant market changes, modifying the dominant logic and affecting the strategic positioning of companies in tourism. The aim of this special issue is (a) to provide a platform for the dissemination of findings from studies that combine...

Purpose: This paper aims to identify the most popular travel information sources used among tourists and investigates how travel information selection differs across travel experience and gender. Design/methodology/approach: This study used convenient and quota sampling strategy, questionnaires...

In parallel with the major developments witnessed in information technologies, social media, supported by its broad area of usage, is gaining significance in every field, with the tourism sector being no exception in this regard. The transfer of changing marketing strategies via digital channels...

Social media has become very important for tourism stakeholders with the development of information and communication technologies. In this study, it is aimed to examine the conceptual, social and intellectual structure as well as the general descriptive structure of social media research in the...

This special issue examines dimensions, stakeholders and marketing issues with respect to website design and structure in tourism. The issue consists of six papers. The first paper proposes a quantitative evaluation framework of all the dimensions provided by hotel websites in Greece. The second...

The effects of technology on the tourism industry are increasing day by day. Especially in the travel sector, technology has given rise to fierce competition. The emergence of travel organizations that run all the transactions related to travel online causes agencies to be disadvantaged in the...

In the developing and changing world, people can interact face to face as well as contact through some virtual environments. People can find someone they know and have disconnected earlier for different reasons, can get in touch again via social media channels. To keep in contact with friends,...

Introduction: Even though Istanbul is one of the centers of the world's fastest-growing tourism and travel sector, there are limited statistics on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of travelers from this region regarding travel-related infectious diseases. This study aimed to determine...

Globalization and developing technology have caused the concept of rural development to change. In this context, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural areas should increase in order to keep pace with the globalizing world, contribute to socio-economic development and...

It possible to see the change phenomenon in everywhere. Technologies are also the space where the phenomenon of change can be seen. Because around here it changes occur day by day. Particularly computer and Internet-based rate of technological change is increasing every day. These changes cause...