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Resumo: Tourism promotional videos (TPVs) are widely used by destination management organizations (DMOs) in promotional campaigns. With the aim of opening new research perspectives in the field of tourism promotion, this article proposes a model for evaluating the effectiveness of TPVs—the Emovie model—conceptually anchored in studies on transformational and symbolic advertising. The model describes the interrelationship of four constructs: artistic ...

Resumo: The global scenario has been influenced by growing demand for sustainable and social practices, transcending the corporate environment. The objective of this research is to explore whether ESG practices are also discussed in tourist destinations with a territorial brand. The method used is literature review, associated with a theoretical essay, with two analyses: content and narrative. The results demonstrate ...

Resumo: The increasing awareness of environmental, social and cultural issues has highlighted the concept of sustainable certification. The aim of this study is to understand the main drivers and constraints for companies to join certification schemes and compare possible changes between the years 2021 and 2024 among tourism companies. A total of 417 online questionnaires were collected, and a comparative ...

Resumo:Considering the role of tourism in promoting sustainable practices in destinations, this study aims to map the scientific literature on footprint calculators in the last three years (2020–2023) with a focus on the tourism context. The method adopted is a scoping review with a qualitative and exploratory approach, using the Scopus database. The originality of this research lies in the ...

Resumo: Given the growing significance of the metaverse in research, it is crucial to understand its scope, relevance in the tourism industry, and the human-computer interaction it involves. The emerging field of metaverse tourism has a noticeable research gap, limiting a comprehensive understanding of the concept. This article addresses this gap by conducting a hybrid systematic review, including a variable-oriented ...

Resumo: A myriad of types of artificial intelligence (AI) systems—namely AI-powered site search, augmented reality, biometric data recognition, booking systems, chatbots, drones, kiosks/self-service screens, machine translation, QR codes, robots, virtual reality, and voice assistants—are being used by companies in the tourism and hospitality industry. How are consumers reacting to these profound changes? This study aims to address this issue by ...

Resumo: The pandemic affected the tourism industry, causing revenue decline and job losses. Before the pandemic, travel and tourism accounted for 10% of global GDP and more than 320 million jobs worldwide. COVID-19 affected tourism-dependent economies adversely as well, and probably for a longer period than other economies. The pandemic also influenced the hospitality and tourism industry, as well as ...

Resumo: The tourism industry has recently undergone a significant evolution because of the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These changes have raised new conceptions of destinations, thus giving rise to smart destinations. In this context, digital tracking of tourists has become of great interest. This article aims to analyze the research landscape on tourist tracking through a bibliometric ...