Dr. Nikolaos Varotsis | Technological Change | Best Researcher Award

Lonian University | Greece

Dr. Nikolaos Varotsis is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans tourism management, behavioral economics, and knowledge management, focusing on how individuals, tourists, and organizations make decisions under complex socio-economic and informational conditions. With 203 citations, an h-index of 8, and an i10-index of 8, his research output demonstrates strong and steadily growing academic influence in both tourism studies and behavioral sciences. His contributions advance understanding of tourist information search behavior, destination brand equity, cultural tourism development, and digital entrepreneurship within the tourism sector. Drawing from behavioral economics and social simulation methodologies, Dr. Nikolaos Varotsis investigates mental accounting, organizational motivation, tax behavior, and the interplay of psychological, economic, and social factors influencing tax planning and tax compliance. His work also provides significant insights into telecommuting performance, work–family conflict, and public sector attitudes during the COVID-19 era, along with fiscal foresight models, shadow economy reduction strategies, and e-payment institutionalization. In tourism research, he has produced influential studies on information service management, wedding tourism decision motives, alternative tourism models for island destinations, and quality standards in hospitality services. His publications appear in respected journals such as Cogent Business & Management, Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, Nonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences, Journal of Economic Structures, Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, and Theoretical Economics Letters. Dr. Nikolaos Varotsis diverse research interests continue to evolve around tourism behavior, social simulations, organizational change, knowledge management, and the integration of behavioral insights into tourism innovation and public administration.

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Featured Publications

• Varotsis, N., & Mylonas, N. (2024). A systematic literature review on information service management and information-seeking behavior in tourism. Cogent Business & Management, 11(1), 2385731.

• Mylonas, N., Varotsis, N., & Vozinidou, I.-M. (2024). Unveiling the relationship between travel decision motives and destination brand equity in wedding tourism. Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, 25(2), 233–248.

• Kontogeorgis, G., & Varotsis, N. (2022). Cultural tourism in developed island tourist destinations: The development of an alternative tourism model in Corfu. Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, 13(2), 490–503.

• Varotsis, N. (2022). A fiscal policy foresight tax model, shadow economy reduction, and e-payment institutionalization as a result of knowledge management. Theoretical Economics Letters, 12(6), 1710–1728.

• Varotsis, N. (2022). Exploring the influence of telework on work performance in public services: Experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, 24(3), 248–263.