OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Information Technology & Tourism is 13. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
From museums to fantasyscapes: user responses to traditional and hyperreality VR in cultural tourism	120
Managing emerging risks and sustainability in blockchain adoption for tourism operations	112
Virtual reality’s promise for eco-friendly adventures: a study on its role in fostering sustainable tourism and reducing environmental footprint	110
When and why personalized tourism recommendations reduce purchase intention?	91
An enabling Framework for Blockchain in Tourism	58
Big data analytics of online news to explore destination image using a comprehensive deep-learning approach: a case from Mexico	57
Measuring tourism destination image from multimodal online reviews: a novel framework using deep learning approach	55
Driving tourism growth through AI adoption in G-7 economies: a quantile regression approach	54
Evaluation of generative artificial intelligence tools in tourism using the extended VIKOR method with probabilistic linguistic information incorporating regret theory	52
AI-powered smartphones and phygital tourism experiences: implications and future research directions	46
Assessing pre-travel online destination experience values of destination websites: scale development and validation	45
Psychological recovery effects of 3D virtual tourism with real scenes -- a comparative study	44
Influencers and the choice of a travel destination: a customer journey and information processing perspective	41
A user experience perspective on heritage tourism in the metaverse: Empirical evidence and design dilemmas for VR	39
Metaverse and tourism development: issues and opportunities in stakeholders’ perception	36
Digital transformation: what are the smart cities today?	34
Challenges in smart tourism: a media content analysis of digital barriers for senior tourists in China	32
Will a technology-featured authentic shopping environment motivate participants’ purchasing behavior in tourism live-streamed shopping?	29
The pandemic of loneliness: designing smart tourism for combating loneliness	27
Revisiting and exploring trust in the digital era: conceptualization and scale development of digital trust in hospitality and tourism	25
Tourism in the digital frontier: a study on user continuance intention in the metaverse	24
Optimising geotrail planning by leveraging least-cost path for sustainable geotourism development: a case study on a Tasmanian west coast post-mining landscape	22
Does familiarity with the attraction matter? Antecedents of satisfaction with virtual reality for heritage tourism	21
A multi-criteria recommendation system for personalised tourism experiences with user query analysis	21
A systematic literature review on payment methods in hospitality and tourism	20

Decoding technostress: impact on wellbeing and performance of employees in the hospitality industry	20
Exploring experience design features in the metaverse concerts: a mixed-method approach	19
Exploring the psychological effects of Metaverse on mental health and well-being	19
Technical and informational content accessibility as a tool to improve web traffic on destination management organization websites: evidence from an empirical analysis	19
Enhancing destination marketing through artificial intelligence driven visual recognition	19
Urban tourists’ spatial distribution and subgroup identification in a metropolis --the examination applying mobile signaling data and latent profile analysis	18
Beta tourist world: a conceptual framework for organizing an event in the metaverse	17
SHMIS: An integrated IoT context awareness framework for hotel management to enhance guest experience and operational efficiency	17
Correction to: Mapping tourism and hospitality research on information and communication technology: a bibliometric and scientific approach	17
Fading skills, rising doubts – what fuels tourists’ skepticism toward AI?	17
Modeling sustainable city trips: integrating $$\text {CO}_{2}\text {e}$$ emissions, popularity, and seasonality into tourism recommender systems	16
From questions to insights: how domain-specific semantics boost LLM access to touristic real-time occupancy data	16
Exploring asymmetric effects of service attributes of robots on customer satisfaction in hotels	14
Immersive technologies for tourism: a systematic review	14
Reaching new heights: investigating adoption factors shaping the moon landing of metaverse tourism	13
The influence of robot anthropomorphism and perceived intelligence on hotel guests’ continuance usage intention	13
Does accent matter? Investigating the impact of virtual tourist assistants’ accents on tourists’ visit intentions	13
Applied data science in tourism (Interdisciplinary approaches, methodologies, and applications	13
A comprehensive framework for phygital tourism experiences: bridging academic insights and industry practices across sectors	13
Interactive webcam travel: supporting wildlife tourism and conservation during COVID-19 lockdowns	13
Investigating the impact of autonomy on presence: a comparative analysis on sense of presence and telepresence	13
Advancing tourism sentiment analysis: a comparative evaluation of traditional machine learning, deep learning, and transformer models on imbalanced datasets	13