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Smart tourism is receiving growing attention among scholars and practitioners as it advances tourism development and enhances travel experience. Existing research focuses on various technological applications and opinions from users and suppliers. However, discussions from the perspective of academic experts on smart tourism are scarce. In addition, most studies focus on only a single aspect of either people, planning process, or technological components of smart tourism. On the basis of the people–process–technology (PPT) framework and in-depth interviews with tourism academic experts, this study argues that the successful development and implementation of smart tourism involves the integration of and interactions among people, process, and technology. Such insights can contribute to the current literature in understanding smart tourism management and the relevant practices with a collaborative mechanism combining all these components. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates regional similarities and differences in the tourism research knowledge domain, based on two decades of publications. The authors analysed co-citations in the reference lists of full-length articles published in Annals of Tourism Research (1998–2017) in relation to four regions: North America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific and Oceania. The findings reveal a degree of regional fragmentation in the tourism research knowledge domain. Several wide discourses characterize the scope of tourism knowledge: authenticity and the tourist experience, backpacker tourism, consumer behaviour, destination life cycle, tourism impacts and resident attitudes, paradigms, performance approach, and volunteer tourism. The authors document the contribution of each region to these discourses. Implications of regional distinctions are discussed along with future research opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the thematic structure of sustainability reports (SRs) of the hospitality and tourism (H&T) industry. The contents of the SRs were analyzed by combining text mining techniques and network analysis. The periodical analysis showed that sustainability reporting in the H&T industry is improving in terms of addressing a higher number of corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues across the period. Continental SRs indicated that although Europe is ahead of other regions, they all need to improve and present richer content to the report readers. The comparison of SRs, according to whether they were prepared with a specific reference to the GRI framework or not, also revealed some differences. Overall, this analysis highlights the H&T sector's strengths and weaknesses in terms of the topicality of its SRs and provides implications accordingly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyzes the intellectual structure of the sharing economy (SE) in the hospitality and tourism industry, starting from a sample of 189 papers. A co-citation analysis was performed on the 99 most frequently cited studies. The analysis carried out identified five clusters. These groups include the following: (i) the constituent elements of sharing, (ii) the SE and the sharing phenomenon, (iii) noncommercial website platforms and the social impact generated by sharing firms, (iv) economic impacts, and (v) some negative impacts. Each cluster is succinctly described, presenting the main theme and some subtopics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There has been exponential growth in the power exercised by social media in hospitality and tourism. The power of social media platforms as stakeholders has been widely accepted by both academics and industry practitioners. However, to the best of the current authors' knowledge, there has been no conceptualization of the power attributable to social media. On this basis, it is both timely and necessary to establish theoretical grounds that explain the concept of social media power and its application in hospitality and tourism. A hierarchical model that characterizes social media power is constructed in the present article by bringing together fundamental power discourses, media effect theories, and technology determinism. The authors identify definitions and sources of social media power at different levels of the power pyramid and present various technological mechanisms that trigger such sources. This conceptual study proposes theoretical foundations for future research and theory-building. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study critically examines, using a co‐citation approach, the evolution of food and culinary tourism research in the field of hospitality and tourism (H&T) from 1976 to 2019. A bibliometric study of publications indexed in the top 16 H&T journal databases was conducted, and a total of 523 food and culinary tourism‐related documents were identified and analyzed. The research findings revealed that food and culinary tourism publication numbers in H&T journals increased after 1999 yet somehow decreased after 2017. In terms of methodological approaches and data analysis, behavioral studies frequently used structural equation modeling, while advanced methodological approaches in other domains were deemed insufficient. The study findings further reveal that most of the influential works are relatively old and that no groundbreaking or game‐changing studies have occurred in recent years in food and culinary tourism research. Highlights: Analysis of journal categories reveals an increase in the number of articles published in H&T journals after 1999, reaching peak number in 2016. However, food and culinary tourism studies significantly declined in 2017 and attracted even fewer scholars in 2018 and 2019.Most of the influential works are relatively old.No groundbreaking or game‐changing developments occurred recently in food and culinary tourism research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using the "Computers are social actors" paradigm, this study brings the concept of power to human–computer interactions in tourism. Building on theories of social power and deliberate practice, the authors examine psychological effects of expert power of online travel review platforms (influencer) and its interaction effects with the power of users (influenced). Two expert platform attributes are conceptualized: specialization and experience. A significant interaction effect was identified between platform specialization, platform experience, and user power on perceived information-task fit using a 2 × 2 × 2 between-subjects experiment. When users are powerful, specialization affected perceived information-task fit for low-experience platforms; no significant effect was evident for high experience platforms. When users are powerless, specialization did not affect perceived information-task fit, regardless of experience condition. Perceived information-task fit mediated the effect of specialization on intention to use. The findings contribute to power discourses by exploring the workings of expert power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to investigate the intellectual structure of P2P accommodation platforms through a co-citation analysis by using a social network approach. To this end, this paper analyzed 79 articles retrieved from the Scopus database. The findings show that there is a clear connection between the intellectual structures of P2P platforms and tourism journals. The cluster analysis identifies four groups, representing the intellectual structure of the P2P platforms. We discuss three relevant topics related to the theoretical pillars: the different levels of analysis, the diverse disciplines involved, and the increasing centrality gain by hospitality and tourism (H&T) studies. For each point, a future research agenda is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media are acknowledged as an important information source that influences tourists' travel choices. However, qualitative studies that take an inductive approach to identify the roles of social media by investigating how social media affect travel choices are limited. By interviewing 21 tourists who had recently taken trips, this article aimed to identify the roles that social media played in the tourists' choices of six travel components (destination, transportation, accommodation, food and dining activities, attractions, as well as shopping and leisure activities). Four roles have been identified: Need Generator, Supporter, Guider and Approver. Theoretical and practical implications along with future research suggestions are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]