In the age of digital transformation, the tourism industry faces a pressing challenge: balancing the growing demand for travel with the imperative to protect the environment and preserve local cultures. The rise of digital platforms has revolutionized how people plan, book, and experience travel, but it has also intensified concerns about overtourism, cultural commodification, and environmental degradation. Without thoughtful intervention, these trends threaten to undermine the destinations travelers seek to explore.

Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms offers a comprehensive solution by exploring how digital platforms can be leveraged to promote responsible travel practices. By examining case studies, theoretical frameworks, and the latest technological advancements, the book provides actionable insights for policymakers, industry professionals, and travelers alike. It serves as a roadmap for integrating responsible tourism principles into the digital landscape, ensuring that tourism remains sustainable and beneficial for all stakeholders.

The book explores sustainable destination management, community engagement through social media, and blockchain technology for ethical tourism practices. It equips readers with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complex intersection of responsible tourism and digital platforms. Promoting a deeper understanding of these issues, Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms aims to foster a more conscientious and sustainable approach to travel, ensuring that future generations can continue exploring the world's wonders without compromising the integrity of local communities and ecosystems.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Accessibility in Digital Tourism
Artificial Intelligence in Responsible Travel
Augmented and Virtual Reality for Responsible Tourist Experiences
Big Data Analytics in Responsible Travel
Blockchain Technology in Ethical Tourism Practices
Community Engagement through Social Media
Cross-Cultural Communication in Digital Tourism
Data Privacy and Security in Responsible Tourism Platforms
Digital Platforms for Sustainable Destination Management
E-Tourism Platforms and Environmental Conservation
Geotagging and Geolocation for Responsible Destination Monitoring
Government Initiatives for Responsible Tourism Through Digital Channels
Inclusivity in Digital Tourism
Online Travel Communities and Their Impact on Responsible Tourism
Responsible Practices Education for Tourists
Responsible Tourism Certification
Sustainable Tourism Marketing Strategies

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Editor/Author Biographies

Youssef El Archi is a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at the National School of Business and Management of Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Morocco, as well as the Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary. He serves as a research collaborator at the Centre of Tourism Research, Development, and Innovation (CiTUR) hosted by the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria in Portugal and is a member of prestigious associations dedicated to promoting tourism and ICT. Additionally, he has authored numerous papers on tourism, which have been published in top-tier journals.

Brahim Benbba holds the position of a full professor in marketing at the National School of Business and Management of Tangier, affiliated with Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Morocco. He actively participates in esteemed organizations and associations committed to advancing the fields of tourism and marketing research. Furthermore, he has made significant contributions to the literature on tourism, with multiple publications in high-impact journals.

Lóránt Dénes Dávid is an extremely versatile Hungarian scholar. He has become an internationally recognized researcher and professor in the fields of geography and tourism, and holds full-professor positions in Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary. His extensive research has resulted in many prestigious journal articles, studies, papers and books. Furthermore, he has developed an exemplary international professional cooperation network, has served as a guest professor at many universities in Europe and overseas (in all continents in a lot of countries, including USA, Russia, Japan). As an awardee of the Jean Monnet Professorship (EU Commission), he designed and implemented a major educational program in tourism and regional development. Moreover, he has been very active in editing scholarly journals. He is an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in Austria.

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