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Smart Marketing Usage in Egyptian Domestic Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges

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Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

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E-Marketing in tourism and hospitality

Abstract

Smart marketing has a large number of methods such as websites, search engines, social media sites, mobile apps, videos, etc. which play a vital role in enhancing the relationship between travel agency and tourists. Therefore, This study aims to identify the Smart Marketing Methods and, and explore the opportunities and challenges of using Smart Marketing Methods in Domestic Tourism in Egypt. Accordingly, it adapted the descriptive the descriptive methodology and used a mixed approach in collecting data quantitatively and qualitatively. (a) The quantitative approach is used by employing questionnaire to gather the primary data from domestic tourists in Egypt. (b) As for the qualitative method, it is represented in semi-structured interviews with Top Ten Travel Agencies representatives in Egypt. The main results of study demonstrated that there are many advantages of using smart marketing methods in Domestic Tourism in Egypt; however, there are some obstacles that have clear impacts upon them. The study recommends that Travel Agencies and Tourism Associations in Egypt should apply formal platform to promote Domestic Tourism and improve their marketing strategy to take advantages of using Smart marketing methods in Tourism.

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2021.93877.1013

Keywords

challenges, Domestic tourism, Egypt, Opportunities, Smart Marketing

Authors

First Name

Maged

Last Name

Briez

MiddleName

G.

Affiliation

Tourism Studies department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Egypt

Email

tour.sys1@mu.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

ٍSabreen

Last Name

Abd Eljalil

MiddleName

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Affiliation

FACULTY OF TOURISM AND HOTELS, LUXOR UNIVERSITY, EGYPT

Email

sabreenjalil@fth.luxor.edu.eg

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ezzat

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Head of Tourism Studies Department Minia University

Email

mohamed.ezzat@mu.edu.eg

City

Minia

Orcid

0000-0003-0957-0328

Volume

12

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

27607

Issue Date

2021-12-01

Receive Date

2021-09-01

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

27

Page End

43

Print ISSN

2357-0652

Online ISSN

2735-4741

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/article_195511.html

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=195511

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Original Article

Type Code

1,533

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

Publication Link

https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Smart Marketing Usage in Egyptian Domestic Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges

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Created At

23 Jan 2023