The role of smart cities in supporting smart tourism

The research aims to discuss the needs and requirements of local tourists in smart cities in Egypt based on those needs and requirements, which will positively affect the tourism services provided in those cities. This study relied on a quantitative approach. This research used PLS-SEM with the assistance of Smart PLS 3.2.8.  the study is divided into two parts: the theoretical study of the most important pillars of smart cities in general so that we can complete the second part of the study, which is the practical side of the research, where a questionnaire was distributed to 314 individuals from the local community to study the needs of individuals for various services in smart cities in Egypt and tourism activity in particular, as well as identify the most important challenges facing achieving this. The research result a positively significant relationship between E government and smart tourism similarly positing a positively significant relationship between Smart Economy and Smart Tourism. Also a positive relationship between smart environment and smart tourism.