A Brief Note On Tourism And Travel Information Technology

The author’s study of the Internet’s genesis makes systematic links between the technological development and its organizational, social, and cultural environment. There are many available histories on the Internet, in print and online. Most are well-documented information on technology and its history. Some mention the fundamental concepts of communication, information, and knowledge. Abbate's work, however, goes beyond ordinary facts and her findings are most revealing.

Tourism has taken a toll on many Native Hawaiians and is a huge human rights issue today. Most Hawaiians dislike tourism greatly due to the selfishness and greediness tourists bring to their home country. The pastor at a small rural church on the island of Kauai, Reverend Kaleo Patterson, has witnessed and dealt with numerous Hawaiians who struggle with the issues of tourism. Numerous vacation resorts that attract tourists have taken over gravesites of Hawaiians that have passed away. Due to this problem ancient Hawaiians have to partake in reburials. Tourism causes destruction to coral reefs and rivers because of mindless pollution. Reverend Patterson has protested and given public hearings in effort to acknowledge her fury on tourism. Tourism has brought an uncontrollable worldwide business that has no sympathy or thoughtfulness for the original people of Hawaii.

You should develop information provided in P1. You need to consider why these links exist and why relationships are formed, explaining how they affect the organisations concerned. E.g.

Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives--or exerted such broad influence over our thoughts--as the Internet does today.

Before the days of the Internet, if a family wanted to travel to a far-off, exotic locale, they would have to either find a local travel agent or call a travel agency and plan their getaway. In the 1990’s, the Internet became a staple of everyday life and began entering many homes. As the availability of the Internet increased, so did the services available to clients. With the increasing availability of the World Wide Web the travel industry found itself faced with revolutionizing changes. All of the tools that were once solely available to travel agents now became readily available to anyone with access to the Internet and a search engine. Websites quickly formed around the idea of providing consumers with quick vacation planning ideas at low costs. Getting

Today’s on-line travel market is succeeding because the companies are using a more software-centric, online business model termed “E-commerce.” This has become the popular avenue for businesses as it mirrors the ideas of mobility. The sheer amount of data available, coupled with the advanced operating systems and social media platforms, have created new possibilities for E-commerce organizations. The infrastructure of E-commerce has expanded into platforms such as peer-to-peer networking, crowd-sourcing, social websites, and mobile devices and media. E-commerce trends are findings ways to incorporate every aspect of our daily lives into an online package associated with our everyday needs (Fishbein, 2013).

One major task of a travel agency is to develop travel plans based on a traveler's need and wants. A similar set of social worker task is to develop an intervention plan based on a client's needs and wants. Contrasting how these tasks are handling illustrates the features of the network model of interoperability. This model goes on to explain that today's interconnected information available to a travel agent has caused major changes in how travelers find vacations that meet their needs. Some of these organizations even use the information provided by the traveler to further their goals. An example the model gives is that immediately after the traveler makes an airline reservation on a travel site. The information can automatically be used by an airline application that optimize airline profits by ensuring that each plane is full with the highest paying passenger. Advantage this model has it that now u can consider technology is typically used when clients want to find a counseling service that meets their needs. Clients can just call 211 if implemented in their area to obtain a list of possible agencies to contact. Having this type of access they don't have to feel alone on making the decision about traveling they can feel confident with the decision that is made. Disadvantage on this model Schoech explain the major issues is how to make a globally connected system out of many independent local agencies. They face

In Where Wizards Stay up Late, the Origins of the Internet, Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon explore the beginnings of the Internet. The authors show us how it was a computer-engineering firm that produced the original prototypes for "Arpanet," and how several very intelligent men made the Internet possible. The book is excellent in that it brings to the limelight many important people that played an important role in devising the Internet. In other words, therefore, this book is a history as well as a work of drama. It tells a very intriguing story of how the computer technology for the Internet was devised. In many respects, it is very much a "behind-the-scenes" kind of documentary.

The web is a fabulous device which has united every one of us. Obviously, it is a vast space for data when all is said in done. It permits people who might find some way or another be not able to deal with a travel organization on their because of overhead expenses, to accomplish something they adore.

Of the total travel market only 1% was generated from the online travel market, and consumers still depended on customer call centers to confirm payment status. To counteract the risks it is important that Lucky Air create an effective business-consumer-business model that will do the obvious and draw consumers to their site and make an online purchase of airfare. To draw in consumers Lucky Air will need to focus on Web 2.0, which is the unique feature or features of e-commerce and the Internet coming together as applications and social media technologies. Web 2.0 will allow for a better online experience with inter-human connections, consumer interacted blogs and the staff to constantly monitor the site to provide consumer feedback. Web 2.0 is crucial to providing customer relationship management. Promoting reviews from consumers in regards to destinations and airline experience are important so the consumer can feel they are important enough to expose the truth from other consumers even negative remarks. But the single most important part of focusing on e-commerce is the ability to provide a online experience and advanced technology that enables customer self-service without the need for multiple customer call centers. Customers should be able to pay for fares, cancel fares, use a safe payment method that can verify a credit card, check on the status of flights and use rewards programs

The introduction of the Internet has represented a wave of global change amongst society. It has changed a large scale of aspects; socially, economically and culturally. It has caused society to change how they carry out day to day activities and how they communicate. Many academics would suggest that the world has essentially become a much smaller place as forms of global communication have evolved and is now quicker and easier than ever. The internet ‘has the unique ability to transmit information and build relationships among large groups of physically disconnected individuals’. (Pasek: 2009:6)

People might naturally or deliberately perceive the Internet as a tool for receiving and sending information. Moreover, to extend one 's physical reach to connect with others, to and from, between multiple cultural fields, or performing multiple tasks simultaneously. From this perspective, users tend to

Internet. Interconnection of networks. But it’s the former term millions of users use for probably the greatest invention in the field of technology. Well, that’s my opinion. After viewing Dr. Leonard Kleinrock’s speech on ‘The Internet History, Development and Forecast’ at Infocom 2006, it was really hard to believe that it took almost a decade for people then to realize its importance. As mentioned in his speech, though the ground work for Internet was initiated in 1957, it was not till 1966 that ARPA needed an Internet-like network for their functioning. It is quite unimaginable to think of today’s world without having access to the Internet. People are connected to the Internet for accessing their professional and social content while organizations may have their entire foundation built on it. It is definitely worth looking into something this huge and important, discussing its history, assessing the present and preparing for its future. In the next two paragraphs, on the basis of Dr. Klienrock’s presentation I have discussed the impact, be it good or bad, right or wrong the Internet has had on the way our daily business is conducted.

The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits, many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from the smallest sea-side hotel; to air-lines, multi-national hotel chains and major international tour operators. Originally, non-traditional industries such as tourism emerged as a solution to strike a balance between ecology and industry

The internet furthermore, enriches our culture today by enhancing speed and allowing quick access to information that is needed. With the help of the internet, humans are able to send and receive information faster and at the individuals convince. For instance, businesses and healthcare companies, such as,