Tourism technology
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Tourism Technology is a term coined by the Korea tourism organization that refers to the recent trend of incorporating technology with the tourism industry.
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[edit] Definition of Tourism Technology
The convergence of industries has forced people to create terminology such as information technology, biotechnology, ubiquitous technology and even cultural technology to explain frequently talked about topics. Tourism Technology is a term that encompasses all social, cultural, managerial, and value-adding activities of the tourism industry. Tourism Technology also incorporates and encourages technological advancements and economic development in the tourism industry.
[edit] The Origin of Tourism Technology
"Tourism Technology", initially based on the concept of cultural technology, is a more comprehensive term covering knowledge used to add to the value of tourism products on a micro level and the management of the travel and tourism industry on a macro level. New tourism products are also the end result of tourism technology combining with other industries. These include medical tourism, educational tourism, agricultural tourism, marine tourism, and the application of information technology to the travel and tourism industry.
[edit] Application of Tourism Technology
The term "technology" can easily call to mind scientific achievements, computer graphic skills, special effects and other engineering-related images. However, "Tourism Technology" encompasses the integrated fields mentioned in the previous paragraph, statistics, managerial and socio-cultural know-how, and skills that the tourism industry can adopt to design, produce, and market various tourism products. In addition to coordinating various aspects of human resources in the travel and tourism industry, “Tourism Technology” describes a comprehensive field containing but not limited to such widely referred to subjects as entertainment technology, contents technology and creative technology. Examples of how tourism technology can be applied are as follows.
•Development of tourism products that tell a story
•Convergence with other industries such as medical and film industries
•Application of advanced information technology to provide tourist information via navigation systems or PDAs.
[edit] See also
- Travel technology ToXiC
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- World Tourism Expo - Online Tourism Exhibition
- Korea Tourism Organization
