The 1st World Conference on Smart Tourism

3 November 2023 │ Kyung Hee University, Seoul

Emerging from the Pandemic and

Reshaping Tourism Industry with Digital Technologies

The Smart Tourism Research Center is pleased to announce a call for submissions covering diverse topics within the realm of smart tourism for the 1st Autumn Conference of 2023. This conference is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2023, at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea.

Topics

Cases and practices related to “Digital First Era” in hospitality and tourism
Changes in smart tourism service experience
Smart tourism contents, platform, ecosystem and cities
Changes in behavior of tourist and resident in smart tourism cities
Better practices for symbiotic relationship among stakeholders in smart tourism cities
Recovering strategies after the COVID19 pandemic
Sustainability and resilience of smart tourism cities
Applications of Large Language Model (e.g., ChatGPT) in hospitality and tourism
Big data and data analytics in hospitality and tourism
Spatial data and data analytics in hospitality and tourism
Approaches for fake information detection based on machine learning and deep learning
Smart Tourism cities and Destination Marketing

Submission

Submission deadline: 2 October 2023
Notification acceptance: 16 October 2023
Formatting template and submission guideline: strc.khu.ac.kr (QR code)
Submissions: strc@khu.ac.kr

We aims to bring together academics and industry practitioners.

(Korean Stanrdard Time, GMT+9)

12:30-13:00 │ Registration and Opening Ceremony (Prof. Namho Chung)

Opening Remaks by the President of IFITT

Prof. Juho Pesonen President of IFITT

Univ. of Eastern Finland Business School

13:00-13:40 │ Keynote Session

Prof. Ulrike Gretzel Univ. of Southern California

Research interests: Persuasion in human-technology interactions with an emphasis on credibility perceptions, information search and processing, electronic decision aids, smart technologies, online and social media marketing, adoption and use of technologies, as well as non-adoption and digital detox

13:40-14:40 │ Special Session: Smart Tourism Research Topics and Top Journal Publication

Prof. Sangwon Park Kyung Hee Univ.

Information technology, Big data, AI in tourism
Digital marketing

Prof. Jin-Won Kim Univ. of Florida

Community sustainability
Spatial analytics in tourism
Tourism geographies

Prof. Minwoo Lee Univ. of Houston

Big Data and Business Analytics
Machine Learning
Impact of Information Technology in Hospitality and Tourism Management

Prof. Jungkeun Kim Auckland Univ. of Technology

Consumer decision-making, Consumer behavior, Behavioral pricing
Moral and ethical consumption, Marketing promotions, Brand management

Prof. Seongsoo Jang Cardiff Univ.

Digital marketing
Hospitality/tourism management

Prof. Jiyong Park Univ. of Georgia

Role of information systems and technologies in sustainable business, as a primary means of the co-creation of business value and social and environmental benefits