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Future-Proofing Tourism: Artificial Intelligence & Innovation. A Bibliometric Analysis

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|Jul 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 3766 - 3779
Published on: Jul 24, 2025
Published by: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
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