The pandemic of the virus Covid-19 caused big changes in the way of living we were used to. Tourism didn't stay immune to this, touristic activities were completely stopped in all parts of the world. As a result of this, tourism has experienced a decline like no other industry, and recently the question of its recovery has been raised. One of the recovery strategies that has been mentioned is the application of smart tourism and its functionalities to restart tourism activities. This paper presents an analysis, comparison, and conclusions of the already conducted research and published scientific articles, as well as an independent empirical study examining the views of tourists around the world on smart tourism, application of smart tourism as a tool in the fight against the pandemic, and their travel behaviors in the current situation. Both the already published articles and the conducted research point to the positive impact of the application of smart tourism on the recovery of tourism and the launch of tourism activities. In this context, smart tourism has many possibilities for implementation, with regards to the challenges that the application of these technologies brings.