Abstract
Recently, travelers have been looking for comprehensive technology that always allow them to access their regular activities while on their vacation. The pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 affected the whole world especially in tourism industry. The result of lockdowns and closures of international and national borders can be seen in the global crisis and disruption within and beyond the tourism industry. Tourism continues to be one of the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the outlook remains highly uncertain. However, many country has starts to recover especially those in tourism industry. A number of technological approaches and requirements by travelers have had an impact on the worldwide tourist sector. Consequently, many technologies have been introduced in the aviation, travel, tourism and hospitality sector. This chapter aims to explore the importance of technology application for a safety of the travelers. Specifically, a set of future research agenda is also provided at the end of the chapter.
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Ali, A.M., Rahman, N.A.A., Hassan, A. (2023). Technology Strategy and the Safety of Travelers. In: Hassan, A., Rahman, N.A.A. (eds) Technology Application in Aviation, Tourism and Hospitality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6619-4_1
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