Changes in information technology have a great
influence on people’s preferences and lifestyles. Smart devices and
technologies have taken the conventional way of traveling into a smart
tourism system. The aim of this paper is to examine smart tourism, the
integration of different activities of different tourism service
providers, and their interactions with tourists. It also finds out the
smart tourism tools, how they are being used by different actors, how
the tourist and the network perceived and interact with them for making
up a smart tourism ecosystem, and finally how they create the
sustainable value co-created services. This paper is qualitative in
nature and used a holistic approach. The data were collected through
interviews of 24 service providers and 50 service receivers, mainly
tourists from the study area, Bangladesh. Study shows that there are
three phases by which actors are communicating with each other
comprising pre-service delivery, during-service delivery, and
post-service delivery. Smart tourism tools are being used throughout the
phases which eventually create value in co-created services with three
pillars of sustainability (economic, socio-cultural and environmental).
This study will contribute to the existing body of knowledge in the
field of smart tourism, value co-creation, and sustainability.