Open AccessHow Smart Tourism Embrace Blockchains and Smart Contracts
Author(s) -
Saša Zupan Korže
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mednarodno inovativno poslovanje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1855-6175
DOI - 10.32015/jibm/2019-11-2-4
Subject(s) - tourism , context (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , business , marketing , public relations , political science , geography , computer science , law , archaeology , machine learning
The purpose of the research is to investigate the implementation of blockchains (BCs) and smart contracts (SCs) in smart tourism. BCs and SCs in the context of tourism are underexplored. Data were collected and analysed from relevant secondary sources in extensive desktop research between January and August 2018. The results highlight some implemented examples of BCs and SCs in tourism and few that are still in probation phase. The findings are interesting for tourism policy-makers, professionals, academics and tourism suppliers who are interested in real value added of BCs and SCs in tourism.