Information technology and tourism

Introduction

Information technology has influenced all spheres of our lives in recent decades so huge with the tourism industry and travel as a major beneficiary. The introduction of computers can be traced back to the early '60s when it was the vacuum tube, the primary component of computer systems. This was largely inefficient and error-prone and soon gave way to transistors, which were replaced by integrated circuits. Now is the technologicalAdvanced Graphics may have made progress with moving images and sound integrated into today's computers are installed.

The tourism product is largely irrelevant to win a lot of technique. Traveling is a risk in the first few days mainly due to the fact that knowledge of the terrain, climate, culture, etc target was limited or unknown. Only the adventurous and daring man in search of new pastures on these trips. With the advent of ITFor the travel industry has changed things. Traveling has become much more pleasant and comfortable. Today's travelers a wealth of options to choose from, with the entry of the Internet for potential travelers. Places of interest and scenic beauty is often not the attention of customers primarily that are not marketed well. Internet in the early days does not support graphics, video, sound, etc. Accordingly, the products of tourismNetwork traffic effectively. Today things have changed dramatically with the introduction of protocols such as Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP). This was to facilitate the transmission of graphics, music, videos etc. conducted through the network with the speed and clarity. Tourism Sun has effectively marketed on the Internet. This has led to increased tourism and travel sites.

There are a number of software that meets the needs of tourism and hotel sectorSectors. Travel agents, tour operators, hotels, etc. use modern systems with powerful applications that work on huge databases. front office computer has the elegance of modern offices, which are awarded largely paperless. Office Automation has led to information efficiently and accurately. A person armed with the right information is the strongest of modern times. Computer systems are used to store information from large amounts of data extractedDatabases. Query a database, is required for booking or reserving tickets in the hands of consumers. The customer is king and rightly a range of options to choose from, when on a trip or retrieve information about a tourist place.

Previously, users of computer systems had experienced. Even the use of the system required a computer operator. Only then the question could be executed. Now, systems with graphical user interface (GUI) and the WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) technology, even a lay person or a child is able to operate a computer or Internet access. A person who does not know the local language at some point has provided information to your fingertips with the advent of the touch screen. Almost all banks must be logged hours ATM (ATM) services on their premises to enable customers to manage their accounts any time of day submitted.

In the scenario of Kerala, the advent of it was limited toreservation systems and travel agencies with the development of websites of governmental institutions and NGOs. Office automation is also being accounts electronically. The official website of Kerala Tourism has won many national and international awards as one of the best travel sites around the world. informed the education sector institutions, such as Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) computer training in the tourism sector throughwith practical exercises on training for students in GDS (Global Distribution Systems) and computer applications. Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) has completely computerized its reserve and a tourist can easily book a room online. Hotels have connected their systems to other global systems, to establish a connection across the world. Let us briefly examine the application of IT in tourism.

The Global Distribution Systems

have developed a global distribution system (GDS)over the years and played an important role in online travel agency. A computer reservation system (CRS) is to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to travel. They were originally developed by airlines, but was later extended to travel agents in a distribution channel. One feature of the CRS has been expanded and what is the Global Distribution Systems has emerged known. The main operations, the CRS book and sell tickets for airlines moreknown as GDS. Many airlines have decided to sell the hotel for most of its operations to a global distribution system due to which many systems currently available to consumers through Internet gateways, car rental and other services as well as airline tickets. A traveler or travel agency can chalk a route with a GDS, a global airline, adjoining bedroom, hotels, travel agencies, car rental, is the largest cruise ships, etc. The four Global DistributionThe systems are Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan. AMADEUS has a market share of 31% and is followed by SABRE with 30% of the market, Galileo and Worldspan, with 26% captured 12% market share.

The current GDS systems have the following functions

Available and accessible 99.9% of the time
Process up to 17,000 messages per second during peak
Working on cutting systems enterprise EDGE Architecture
Enjoy the response times of a fraction of a second
It canThe publication of a large number of operations
Able to move until the last minute and complex international routes for all countries of the world
Automates the slow, complex process that takes time to re-evaluation of airline tickets when itineraries change
Allows customers to send e-mails and faxes without leaving the system
Allows customers to compare prices and availability, shopping for travel deals at the lowest cost
Saves all relevant dataMillion passengers safely, so that customers receive the party that wants to wish
On any given day, is a GDS

About one billion combinations tariff
Over 95% of available places in the world
More than 750 airlines
More than 50,000 hotel properties
More than 400 tour operators
Nearly 30,000 car rental locations
GDS systems are capable of posting

One way to return and seats
Hotel room
Car rental
Tours
Cruises
Bus and trainTickets
Insurance
Limousine
Theatre events and attractions
Table reservations
Transfer
Complex international routes

E-Ticketing

An electronic ticket or e-ticket is a means for monitoring or group of persons on the Internet can ensure a passenger, has established a commercial airline on booking. This procedure reduces the issusing associated with a paper ticket, which consists of a number of copies. Both airlines and passengersbenefited from this form of tickets. A picture of the ticket is the computer from which the customer can take an expression and the aircraft stored directly if he or she carries no baggage. Where can luggage after obtaining the approval of passenger air travel. The customer may request that a paper confirmation sent by post, but there is no need to check-in. A confirmation number assigned to the passenger with the flight number,Date of departure and destination. Upon check-in airport, the passenger simply presents a positive identification. Then necessary boarding passes are issued, and the baggage of passengers and can go through security to the area of the gate.

The main advantage of e-ticketing is a reservation that reduces costs by eliminating the need for printing and sending paper documents. Another advantage is that it can remove important documentsFirst steps lost in the mail or sent to the wrong address. It is estimated that globally around 25% of passengers for their tickets online, which led to the boom in low cost flying book.

The Internet has provided a new economic environment of business conduct are available. E-commerce is a growing tourist industry and many companies are involved in the development of their internet services including traditional travel agencies, tour operators, national tourism offices, airlines, hotels and othersuppliers of accommodation and car hire. This means that the company is known as "e-tourism" or "tourism e-business. The main differences from traditional markets, the speed of which information can be transmitted, global reach and the minimum cost of creating a business Online.

Property Management Systems

As the term implies, property management systems refer to systems that manage the world and have actually been used to check different daysday and other procedures relating to management of large objects. Even in Kerala, these systems are used on a large scale.

The essential functions that can process a PMS reservations, front office operations, some back-office operations and management tasks. PMS is usually to manage the accounting functions of the various services used in a hotel. This is in addition to being the center of all the inter-connectivity with other hotel systems. Just as a man who is cut offfrom the rest of his colleagues at work, a stand-alone computer is not much use. The network environment is provided in which a server can the needs of end users who are unable to offer a manager, receptionist or waiter. This is achieved by networking systems and resource sharing. The software can be on the needs of the structure, which can have a front-end and back end to adjust. A front-end user interface, can be inserted by the data or information will be retrieved. TheBack to an RDBMS, which acts as a hub for storage. Queries and reports are used to retrieve information. For example, if a customer wants the details of the rates in low season to know a mouse may be sufficient to recover the information.

Virtual reality systems

Virtual reality is a relatively new field that is artificial intelligence and neural networks combined. AI is an area that has made rapid progress in technologyin recent years. People with intelligence enough to invent that remind them of their ability, things were, Gadgets, and makes life more meaningful blessed. It 'obvious that the human brain is a remarkable and complex organ, which until now not even the fastest supercomputer has been exceeded. And 'doubtful whether such a thing happen in the future. But artificial intelligence has paved roads, help with new gadgets and robots, the people of potentially dangerous and complicatedActivities.

Tourism is in addition to its natural attractions, theme parks, trips made man, simulations, etc. that Singapore, home of Disneyland and so some of the fabulous man asks, thanks to it and its applications. Above all theme parks and walks the rest of patterns and mileage dinosaurs has been added to tourist destinations.

Virtual Travel

With the growing need for energy, tourism has entered a new era for use. Virtual Tour has gained popularity andTourists, when he wants the Internet and various instruments and sit in the comfort of your office or home and get to use a virtual travel. There used to be earlier travel book creator using the exhibition of chair design and hearsay. But now, travel writing has been simplified, because there is a wealth of information contained in the CD, brochures and web.

There are also travel agents in the virtual network, which offers a tour of his gallery and offers a variety of information.Gone are the days when a guide for travelers to drive tell more about Cock and Bull Story and feeding of customers who have used false information. virtual travelers are aware and many of them do not even need an introduction to a destination, plan to visit them.

In addition to the virtual tour of the real world, artificially created virtual worlds there, waiting to be explored. These sites offer a free package for a week, which can be downloaded. After crossingThis demo is the handbook, the real stuff, when you register online and paid for it. This is a trend that is fast catching on. Finally, globalization has reduced the world and would not last long, come to new destinations in the cyber world.

Travel Advice Systems

Travel has become an integral part of people's lives. The efforts of travel agents and tour operators are coupled with inputs from government organizations has led to important changeswhat the strains placed on travelers have relaxed. Today's travelers a wealth of options to choose from when planning your trip. Travel Tips Systems in its infancy but has proved useful in planning journey. In the coming years, its significance is crucial as a tool to support the trip. A pair of recommendation systems on the market that the tour operator or the customization options to make available to remove the intangibility associatedProduct. Austria is one of the few countries that have imported Recommender systems have been applied to the traveling public and well received by users. Recommend a travel plan consists of many aspects such as type of target site-specific information, etc. All this must be seasonal recommendations for the user on a client presents a friendly, so that he or she can input options to system, once again beating the most recommended travelPlan. These systems use artificial intelligence and expert systems fall into the category.

Geographic Information Systems

The use of maps for centuries. It 'was the use of maps for orientation and for locating places. With the advancement of computer technology and graphics cards are already digitized, and the provision of accurate and timely information to the user. Databases were combined with computer graphics in the field of GIS.

GIS is used to displayand analysis of spatial data, which are linked to databases. This connection between spatial data and databases is the driving force behind the work of a GIS. Tickets can be indicated by the maps can be drawn from the database and data. If the database is updated, the map also associated updated. GIS database includes a variety of information, including geographical, social, political, demographic and environmental data. GIS technology is a computerized data collection, storage andAnalysis tool that combines previously unrelated information into easily understood maps. A GIS can perform complicated analytical functions and the results visually as maps, tables, graphs, so that decision-makers to see, before the same problems and then choose the best course of action.

GIS will find wide applications in tourism, particularly in cartography tourist destinations, hotels, etc. The end user can pin point a target and also search the hotel room where he or shePlans to stay.

Completion

Overall we can say that technology has left an indelible mark in the tourism and travel. In the coming years, areas such as systems Travel Tips, GIS, Space Tourism, etc to gain popularity and is helping a new dimension to the travel industry and tourism. Kerala Tourism, which has established its presence in world markets, to drive these applications continue to bank on its path of growth.The international market is growing for a given shot in the arm with the introduction of IT and are available to further profit from it.