Chapter 5 The Future of Sustainable Tourism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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10.23912/9781915097859-6111

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• Jafar Bapiri, University of Kurdistan (Author) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-6782
• Salar Kuhzady, University of Kurdistan (Author) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-4159

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• Roya Rahimi, Reader in Marketing and Leisure Management , University of Wolverhampton, Business School, UK (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7520-3273
• Nikolaos Stylos, Associate Professor (Reader) in Marketing and Digital Innovation , University of Bristol, UK (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-0088
• Professor Eva M. Navarro-López, Full Professor, School of Interactive Games and Media , Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-6943
• Professor Prashant Pillai MBE, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, , University of Wolverhampton, UK (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-5030

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Bapiri & Kuhzady, 2025

Bapiri, J. & Kuhzady, S. (2025) "Chapter 5 The Future of Sustainable Tourism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" In: Rahimi, R., Stylos, N., Navarro-López, P.E.M., MBE, P.P.P. & , (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781915097859-6111

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