An analysis of the utilization of Facebook by local Korean governments for tourism development and the network of smart tourism ecosystem

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Highlights：

• We investigate the utilization of Facebook by local Korean governments for tourism development.

• Most local Koran governments actively manage Facebook to promote tourism with public.

• The level of local government affects the level of SNS use for tourism.

• Korean local governments’ Facebook pages are co-related as part of a smart tourism ecosystem.

• The smart tourism ecosystem is associated with governmental utilization of Facebook for activating local tourism.

摘要

•We investigate the utilization of Facebook by local Korean governments for tourism development.•Most local Koran governments actively manage Facebook to promote tourism with public.•The level of local government affects the level of SNS use for tourism.•Korean local governments’ Facebook pages are co-related as part of a smart tourism ecosystem.•The smart tourism ecosystem is associated with governmental utilization of Facebook for activating local tourism.

论文关键词：Local governments,Smart tourism,Facebook,Ecosystem,Network analysis

论文评审过程：Received 29 August 2015, Revised 3 May 2016, Accepted 28 May 2016, Available online 11 June 2016, Version of Record 27 October 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.05.027