Information supplied by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

eTourism information technology for strategic tourism management. D. Buhalis, 2003.

Mr. Tuan Anh Le, Director of Tourism Information Technology Center, National Administration of Tourism, Viet Nam

The distribution of tourism information and products over the Internet is the main area where technological innovation has had the most profound impact on tourism enterprises (producers and distributors).

The main beneficiaries of a DMS are potential travelers, the providers of tourism products and services, national travel agents and outbound travel agents, national tourism institutions, IT providers and investors.

Tourism services comprise advice, information, sale of accommodation, transport, international tourism services and excursions entrance to parks and swimming pools individually or in groups.

In addition, recent trends in the use of ICTs in general and particularly for travel and tourism show that the more online experience consumers have, the more likely they are to look for tourism information and buy tourism products online.

The distribution of tourism information and products over the Internet is the main area where technological innovation has had the most profound impact on tourism enterprises (producers and distributors).

When the report had been prepared, in 2000, no information had been available regarding sexual tourism.

DMOs begin with the management of information on tourism products and services and their online promotion.

The majority of developing countries are mainly concerned with setting up informative e tourism websites to market their destinations.

Mr. Aley Sobers, Director of Research and Information Management, Caribbean Tourism Organisation

Tourism is an information intensive sector and therefore has significantly benefited from ICTs.

A key point to bear in mind is that e tourism websites serve a dual function to provide information for visitors to aid in planning their trip and to advertise and sell tourism products once the visitors are already at the destination.

DMSs are the IT infrastructure used by DMOs for the collection, storage, management and distribution of information and for the transaction of reservations and other commercial activities.

Mr. Haga Tsialonina Rasolofoniaina, Director of Information Systems, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Madagascar

In addition, the Municipal Tourism Commission has continuously improved the electronic travel itinerary information system of the tour group to ensure that each group is included in the electronic itinerary platform supervision.

According to recent studies, consumers all around the world are turning to the Internet first to find travel information and 54 per cent of online travel consumers start travel research with an online travel agency.

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The main driver will be foreign direct investment in tourism, information technology and other sectors.

The growing adoption of the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) standard based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) greatly facilitates the exchange of information between tourism enterprises such as airlines, hotels, car rental enterprises and travel integrators such as Cendant, Sabre, Expedia, Orbitz, and SITA.

The promotion of tourism niches by developing countries for which many of them enjoy a competitive advantage and the development of DMSs that offer tourism enterprises and consumers respectively an innovative way to promote and obtain tourism information (e.g. search engine, trip planner, interactive maps and virtual tours) are contributing factors to the creation of value.

Background paper by the UNCTAD secretariat

Eco tourism, cultural and natural heritage tourism, health and medical tourism and adventure tourism are some of the tourism niches that are increasingly marketed by destinations and tourism enterprises in developing countries.

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ICT and tourism for development

ICTs facilitate not only information gathering but also information processing, for instance from immigration cards, which can provide DMOs with deeper knowledge of international tourism consumers.

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Experts came from tourism and ICT ministries and other ministries and agencies involved in ICT and tourism issues, as well as from the tourism industry, from regional and international organizations and from civil society.

Significant progress was reported on the E Tourism Initiative, including the development of a training course on ICT and e tourism.

The role of ICTs for tourism development

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4.4 Exchange of information on their national authorities responsible for development of international tourism and tourist infrastructure and assistance in establishing and strengthening contacts between these authorities.

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