Reinventing tourism cities: Examining technologies, applications, and city branding in leading smart cities

Abstract

Cities have become the engines of economic development more than ever before. Nowadays, numerous cities have been using technological and innovative service delivery tools called "smart city technologies and applications" to affect living conditions of their residents and visitors positively. These technologies and applications can be seen at government and private buildings, city facilities and management, informational and communicational technology infrastructure and personal services. They have a net-positive impact on the environment and natural resources by reducing harmful emissions, excessive and unnecessary use of energy, water, gas, public and private transport vehicles etc. On the city branding side, efficient, sustainable and powerful city economy, security, tidiness, regularity in urban facilities, enhanced civic imagery and a decent quality of life have made a city attractive to its target audiences. In this paper, smart city technologies and applications in the world's leading smart cities were examined. Thereafter, common and/or city-specific applications were listed. Finally, in the light of these findings, some suggestions were put forward for tourism cities which aim to realize sustainable economic development by means of tourism and be an attractive city/destination for their existing and prospective visitors.

Smart Cities in Turkey: Approaches, Advances and Applications with Greater Consideration for Future Urban Transport Development

“…There needs to be a lot of progress to create smart transportation initiatives in Turkish cities and it seems that the major problems faced by the cities in adoption of smart systems are lack of quality public transportation, road safety concerns, poor traffic management, lack of modal options and funding, and poor public transportation [103]. Although, a range of civil society activities was recently set up to energize planning, transport, and environmental authorities to develop strategies to promote smart systems, including The CityFix Turkiye, EkoIQ, Wrisehirler, and Embarqturkiye [104][105][106][107][108][109][110], there is still a small body of projects that are concerned with smart transport applications in Turkey [111]. In addition, a few good smart approaches, advances, and applications have been made in current practice, and these initiatives have been implemented by the central government, with public engagement being excluded from evidence, knowledge, debate, and the policy-making developments [112,113].…”

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“…Additionally, in several studies, deficiency in coordination among non-governmental organizations and lack of communication and coordination among stakeholders has been concluded (Akça, 2006;Durgun, 2007;Genç et al, 2014;Hatipoğlu et al, 2016;Zengingönül et al, 2012). Yavuz et al (2018) suggested that tangible and intangible qualities of a city could be dispersed to its target audiences by collaborating with stakeholders. Recently, Wondirad et al (2020) paid attention to poor governance and poor-stakeholder collaboration which are ranked among the top factors responsible for the devastation of ecotourism resources in Southern Ethiopia.…”

Branding Kota Pinta Pada Teknologi Komunikasi Tangerang Live

“…Teknologi dan aplikasi merupakan sebuah kewajiban infrastukrur teknologi informasi dan komunikas. Kota-kota telah menggunakan teknologi dan aplikasi ini untuk mencap diri mereka sebagai ekonomi yang efisien, berkelanjutan, dan kuat, keamanan, kerapihan, perencanaan fasilitas kota, citra sipil yang disempurnakan, dan kualitas hidup yang tinggi (Yavuz et al, 2018).…”