Abstract
The current age of artificial intelligence, along with the advent of robots, portends increased use of innovative technologies in the tourism industry, with higher levels of service innovation than in many other industries. In addition, factors such as an approaching worldwide pandemic have limited the amount of physical contact that people can have. So as a result, the use of service robots in service areas, such as tourism, has recently become controversial. In this study, accommodation customers’ perceptions of advantages and disadvantages about robots and the effect of the perceived value of their intention to use them were investigated. Within the scope of the research, data were collected from 1408 people living in various cities in Turkey through an online survey. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling. As a result of the analyses, it was found that the perception of advantage and the perceived value affect the intention to use service robots positively and significantly. It has been determined that the perception of disadvantage affects the intention to use service robots negatively and significantly. The research results show that the accommodation companies should be innovative and rapidly transition to robotization, as in the manufacturing industry. Advanced technological innovation applications, such as service robots, will play an essential role in the revival of the tourism industry, especially during the global epidemic.
Highlights
As the world has become increasingly technological, it is almost hard to overlook its changes to the way people live
This study focuses on the first of these questions and aims to measure the perceptions and attitudes of hotel customers towards service robots
One of the most significant advances in the usage of service robots is in the tourism industry
Summary
As the world has become increasingly technological, it is almost hard to overlook its changes to the way people live. An increasing number of technology breakthroughs, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and blockchain, are rapidly and continually changing society and the marketplace [1]. As a result of the change, the pressure prompted increased market competitiveness, which drove companies to hunt for innovative solutions to address it. Companies have a strong propensity to be innovative and try various new approaches to getting their employees innovating. Studying the advances businesses have made on the concept of innovation has made it a discipline, and this has brought forth several theories on it. It is stressed in the literature that innovation provides companies a competitive advantage by helping them in developing new products and processes [4]
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