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.

Managing and promoting destinations

Cultural and natural heritage, educational, health or wellness and medical tourism are becoming fundamental drivers for choosing a destination and correspond to what is being offered in destinations in developing countries.

DMOs should advertise the existence of their e tourism website.

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

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

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

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

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.

Functionalities and services of DMSs

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

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.

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.

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.

At the same time, many travel agencies in Xinjiang signed tourism cooperation agreements with several Baoji tourist attractions, such as Dashuichuan, Famen Temple Buddhist Cultural Scenic Spot, Mount Taibai Tourist Scenic Spot and Guanshan Grassland Scenic Spot.

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

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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 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.

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.

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.

By integrating these SMEs into their DMS, DMOs bring them into the new e business environment of the tourism industry and offer them the technological tools to conduct their operations online.

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.

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

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.

Tourist attraction

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.

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.

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

Some DMOs have developed booking engines in partnership with ICT providers and have defined transaction fees applicable to the different participants in the DMS.

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.

DMOs can propose innovative quality products in the form of self tailored packages and product centric specifics that will meet the expectations of travelers.

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.

Minister of Agriculture, Nature Conservation

Table 1 compares international tourism arrivals and receipts in the top 10 destinations in developed and developing countries in 2003.

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).

In addition, sharing knowledge with other destinations that have implemented an e tourism strategy helps identify the challenges and available options.

DMOs need to have a comprehensive vision of existing and potential market segments, tourism evolution and prospects, consumers' tourism related Internet usage and tourism behaviour to be able to translate them into web based technologies, customer centered services and marketing campaigns.

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.

In terms of reservation services, the majority of DMOs in developing countries support the promotion of tourism in their country mainly by advertising the contact details of tourism providers.

The final objective is to increase developing countries' inbound tourism flow, maximize the linkages among stakeholders, and enhance their autonomy in the management of their 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.