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    • Digital transformations of tourism and related community impacts

      Abstract:
      Since the 1960s, digital technologies have become fully entangled in the organization, production, and consumption of tourism. This presentation draws on a variety of case studies in places around the world to exemplify the opportunities and challenges that digital innovations in tourism have brought about throughout the last decades. Leading questions throughout the presentation are: what are the broader implications of digital technologies for aspects of social, environmental, and economic sustainability in tourism? How do they affect demand and supply in tourism as well as the livelihoods of communities in tourist destinations? And how may digital innovations ensure more sustainable, socially just and equitable tourism futures?