University of Isfahan New Marketing Research Journal 2228-7744 7 4 2018 02 20 Studying the Effect of IT on Sustainable Development of Tourism Destinations toward Developing Smart Tourism Destinations (Based on the Meta Synthetize Approach) Studying the Effect of IT on Sustainable Development of Tourism Destinations toward Developing Smart Tourism Destinations (Based on the Meta Synthetize Approach) 95 116 22601 10.22108/nmrj.2017.103939.1247 FA Sanaz Shafiee Ph.D. Student, Department of Information Technology Management, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari Associate Prof, Department of Management, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Alireza Hasanzadeh Associate Prof, Department of Information Technology Management, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Saeed Jahanyan Assistant Prof, Department of Management, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Journal Article 2017 05 06 In recent years, the emergence and development of information technology has revolutionized the tourism industry. This new development necessitates the formation of new models for travel behavior, product design, research and assessment which all forms are considered as a new paradigm of tourism management. Despite of information technology potential in transformation of tourism industry, few researches have been conducted concerning its share and role in development of sustainable tourism. This research presents information and communication technology as an innovative method for developing sustainable tourism. The present research is aimed to systematically investigate the findings of literature in the field of the effect of modern information technologies on tourism through adapting the meta-synthesis method. Then, based on the identified codes, concepts, features and necessity of developing sustainable tourism have been explained and discussed. Moreover, this research tries to shed light on the importance of development and implementation of smart tourism destinations. Various scientific bases since the year 2000 were investigated in this research and also, suitable articles were identified using CASP criteria, then the extracted concepts were classified and analyzed using Nvivo10 software. This research can be a suitable tool for identification and familiarization with the concepts of smart tourism destinations. In recent years, the emergence and development of information technology has revolutionized the tourism industry. This new development necessitates the formation of new models for travel behavior, product design, research and assessment which all forms are considered as a new paradigm of tourism management. Despite of information technology potential in transformation of tourism industry, few researches have been conducted concerning its share and role in development of sustainable tourism. This research presents information and communication technology as an innovative method for developing sustainable tourism. The present research is aimed to systematically investigate the findings of literature in the field of the effect of modern information technologies on tourism through adapting the meta-synthesis method. Then, based on the identified codes, concepts, features and necessity of developing sustainable tourism have been explained and discussed. Moreover, this research tries to shed light on the importance of development and implementation of smart tourism destinations. Various scientific bases since the year 2000 were investigated in this research and also, suitable articles were identified using CASP criteria, then the extracted concepts were classified and analyzed using Nvivo10 software. This research can be a suitable tool for identification and familiarization with the concepts of smart tourism destinations. https://nmrj.ui.ac.ir/article_22601_ae81ad69fabfff351a3388b6d0617a0a.pdf