Tourist attraction

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.

It is understood that a major highlight of the China EU Tourism Year is to recommend unknown European tourist attractions to Chinese tourists.

DMOs should advertise the existence of their e tourism website.

According to the World Tourism Organization, the majority of tourist venues in the affected countries are able to welcome visitors again.

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

It does not therefore necessarily reflect the interests, the tourism wealth, or policies of the destination countries.

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.

Managing and promoting destinations

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.

Sustainable consumption in tourism integrates sustainability issues in the selection of destinations and service providers and in the tourists' behaviour during their stay at the destination.

Tourism niches such as ecotourism one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry are increasingly promoted by DMOs in many developing countries, allowing them to diversify their tourism offer.

Adaptation to climate variability will be the only way forward in many destinations that are currently prime holiday spots.

Defining a tourism strategy based on destination resources, consumer demand and the interest of local communities is the first step in engaging in an e tourism strategy and starting to build the image of the destination, using a DMS as a promotional tool and eventually as an online reservation system.

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Destination management and promotion are key strategies to respond to consumers' expectations, ensure sustainable development and improve the relative position of destinations in developing countries on the global tourism market.

In order to set up a DMS, Governments and DMOs should organize consultative meetings with relevant partners.

Interesting examples at the regional and national levels are the DMSs developed by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

They should create awareness of the potential of e tourism and provide incentives for the development of tourism enterprises' websites (for hotels, for instance) that could be referenced on the DMO e tourism website.

Public authorities, DMOs and tourism enterprises all have an important role to play in ensuring effective and successful promotion of their destinations by building on a solid partnering industry able to capitalize on the benefits brought about by the Internet.

Governments should identify tourism niches that are most likely to increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of their destination.

Reporting can be also performed by entire destinations, under the leadership of the local authorities and based on a defined set of destination's sustainability indicators.

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The idea of it is to make a kind of a traveling show.

Functionalities and services of DMSs

However, the experience of several DMSs in both developing and developed countries shows that a free subscription for tourism enterprises guarantees their larger participation in the DMS.

The use of ICT tools such as DMSs should assist them in their efforts to market their tourism offer globally and to ensure the strategic management of their destinations to ultimately improve their competitiveness on tourism markets.

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.

It focuses on the practical modalities of new business models that destination management organizations and tourism enterprises should adopt to improve their competitiveness in tourism markets.

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As the prior area for the development of rural tourism during the 13th Five Year Plan period, the style towns will eventually be built into tourist attractions with a grade of 3A or higher, becoming a new model for tourism product diversity, tourism benefits and industrial integration.

With regard to B2B, DMSs provide tourism enterprises with the means to be better integrated into tourism supply chains by promoting personalized and enriched tourism experiences directly to a large number of consumers.

Tourism enterprises are also well placed to influence tourists in espousing environmentally and socially responsible behaviour during their holidays (even more crucial when the environmental and social contexts of the destinations are very different from those of the country of origin).

The Panel also considers that it is not reasonable for Kuwait to assume that there will be no further natural recovery between 2002 and the start of remediation measures to be funded by the third and fourth F4 instalment awards.

In order to meet the needs of tourism development, it set up a tourist police team in July 2014, responsible for patrol in the major scenic spots, thus helping and diverting the tourists.

In order to ensure the long term sustainability of a DMS, DMOs should develop accurate business models according to local conditions.

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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.

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.

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

Public authorities, DMOs and tourism enterprises should fully understand the opportunities and challenges of e tourism and overcome the barriers that still hamper the use of ICTs.

A review of the status of e tourism initiatives undertaken by national DMOs in LDCs, based on an informal survey of national tourism websites, highlighted the main challenges encountered in the development of an effective DMS. Resilient barriers still hamper DMOs' efforts to fully exploit the potential of the Internet and compete on an equal footing.