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Blockchain Use Possibilities: A Systematic Literature Review

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Marketing and Smart Technologies

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Blockchain and tourism have the potential to become a very advantageous combination, as this technology can provide security and transparency at certain key points. The blockchain can make the transfer and storage of this information easier and more secure, since the responsibility is shared by an entire network. The same goes for payments abroad, which increases the level of trust between all parties. This study aims to make a comparison between these two countries such as Spain and Poland with a significant growth of this technology in tourism. The results of the paper show that blockchain technology is still in an initial phase of its life and that there is a consensus regarding its potential; however, it is still very difficult to know how far it can go and how it will affect tourism.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

    Paulina Rutecka

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    Eduardo Parra-López

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    José Antonio Varela González

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Rutecka, P., Parra-López, E. (2023). Blockchain Use Possibilities: A Systematic Literature Review. In: Reis, J.L., Peter, M.K., Varela González, J.A., Bogdanović, Z. (eds) Marketing and Smart Technologies. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 337. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9099-1_2

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