For example, 60 of the 150 tourist shops on Silsila Street had been closed.

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.

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism

There's a cafe and there's a tourist shop.

There were 61,743 hotel arrivals in 2003, an increase over 2002, in which 53,417 hotel arrivals were registered.

In order to market their tourism products efficiently, destination and tourism providers should keep abreast of technological developments and standards.

Business models should provide technological, financial and marketing solutions for the providers and users of the DMS, namely tourism providers (accommodation, transport and leisure companies), travel agents, tour operators, and consumers.

Today's online tourism is a very dynamic market, and the number of providers, both generalists and niche players, is rapidly increasing.

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).

This cycle is equally important for leisure and business and conference tourism and travel.

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Contributing factors for the successful integration of local tourism enterprises into international tourism markets are adequate e tourism strategies that focus on tourism innovation in terms of tourism products and adoption of e business tools such as destination management systems.

Many service stations carry the brand of one of the oil majors (BP, Shell, Mobil, etc.) others carry the brand of secondary marketers, while still others carry the brand of a distributor and some carry their operators' own brand or no brand at all.

The distribution of tourism products on the Internet complements traditional distribution channels (travel agents, national tourism offices, tourism producers, call centers, etc.) because a large number of DMOs do not yet have the capacity to develop an effective e tourism website and cannot rely only on uncertain online revenues.

Orbital hotels to start with, but workshops for the rest of us later on.

According to the Government of Anguilla, the marketing and promotional activities of the Anguilla Tourist Board and the Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association are having a positive impact on the industry, and a 20 per cent increase is projected for 2004, compared to 2003.

When they find a nightspot or a bar, and it's not in the guidebook, they're like, Ooh, this place must be cool! It's not in the guidebook.

One of the major challenges is to foster the support and commitment of local tourism providers, and it is therefore crucial to create awareness among tourism producers of the benefits of a DMS at an early stage.

Tourist trap during traveling has become a key focus due to its small number and operation in locality.

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).

(b) Strengthening the capacity for expanding the tourism sector in developing countries, with particular focus on tour operators, travel agencies and other suppliers

The diffusion of ICTs enables tourism businesses to make tourism products and services directly available to a large number of consumers at a relatively low cost, and to interact with them, as well as with other tourism producers and distributors.

Maps and information about restaurants, entertainment and attractions in general should thus also be part of the DMOs' e tourism portals.

We're here on a visit. I'm in oil, you know.

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.

Experts also highlighted the role of the public sector in monitoring and certifying the quality of content and services provided, for example through grading of tourism providers, such as hotels or restaurants.

But I think once it does, we will find solutions, and very quickly, you'll see those resort hotels in orbit.

Meanwhile, there are only a handful of online tour companies and traditional travel agencies that develop proprietary products for self drive travel. Many online travel platforms only sell self drive travel products provided by some suppliers. Some self drive travel clubs are also key suppliers.

Distribution systems have reduced the market share of traditional travel agents, although high street travel agents still dominate the market in terms of distribution.

Major traditional tour operators have joined leading suppliers of e business solutions to the travel industry that often power a large number of websites.

The diffusion of ICTs enables tourism businesses themselves to make tourism products and services directly available to a large number of consumers at relatively low cost, and to interact with them as well as with other tourism producers and distributors.

From the entrance, this is nothing like a commercial cave.

American Samoa has little tourist infrastructure, with only one hotel (80 per cent government owned), and a total of 260 hotel motel rooms in Tutuila and Mau'a and a number of small hotels.

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That's the custom house.

Hotel Alba.

Encourages the business sector, in particular the tourism industry and Internet providers, to

Most of the hotel rates are better than the normal published rates and are commissionable to travel agents at 10 per cent of the gross selling price and 14 per cent for CTO agents.

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However, websites run by direct tourism providers such as hotels and transport companies are attracting travellers seeking better prices by avoiding third party distributors.

More recently, the Internet began to provide a platform for suppliers to gain direct access to customers and offered cost reductions through the disintermediation of travel agents and operators.

National tourism authorities and travel and tourism operators from developing countries face growing erosion of trade benefits, coupled with multiplier and spillover effects.