Tourism destination Recommender Systems: A Scoping Review and Thematic Clustering of Scientific Literature
By: Raul LILE, Andreea ZAMFIR, Ramona LILE and Rad GAVRIL
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2026-0285 | Journal eISSN: 2558-9652
Language: English
Page range: 3836 - 3849
Published on: Jul 22, 2026
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