Yüce, Ali2022-06-282022-06-282022Yuce, A. (2022). Impact of Technology in Sustainable Tourism Development: Virtual Reality. In A. Waluyo, & L. Tan (Eds.), Mobile Computing and Technology Applications in Tourism and Hospitality (pp. 98-119). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6904-7.ch0059781799869047htttps://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6904-7.ch005https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12695/1633Tourism has been one of the engines powering the thriving economies, leveraging the quality of lives and transforming the people's sociocultural status worldwide. There is no doubt that innovative technologies are critical and significantly efficient for the economies during a hard time and in blossoming times. Moreover, it is also vital to understand and present some essential issues that harm tourism development. Thus, this chapter strives to offer innovative technology-oriented alternative strategies and practical implications to benefit all the stakeholders at the destination and the consumers by focusing on the long-term benefits. This chapter also aims to understand how technology can take a role to stimulate visitors' motivation and behaviour towards a touristic product or a destination.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessVirtual RealityICTSustainable TourismDigitalizationSense of PresenceMarketingBook Chapter98119