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Find an example of an information system for tourism services, and explain how an information system could be used to provide various categories of tourist information to visitors, businesses, community, etc. Describe the components of this system, and explain how each user category interacts with each component. What kinds of information can each user category enter and retrieve from this system? What are potential risks involved with this information system? What kinds of features would you add to this system?
The most appropriate example of information system for tourism services, according to me, is absolutetravel.com. The internet’s emergence is making it handier for every industry and every field. Its omnipresence in today’s scenario is making it an attractive place where people easily find each and every information. Needless to say that it provides a perfect platform that brings products and services to the customers. Therefore, the web-based information system for the tourists provide not only on-line brochures but an enormous amount of information to the customers. So, it is quite clear that Information Technology is having a big impact on all sectors of tourism.
The information system (here absolutetravel.com) for providing tourism services basically constitutes a software which helps organize and analyze the data in a database such as information about a particular service. So, the information system for tourist can be divided into different sections like luxury travel and business travel. Each section contains and provides the needed information for each type of users. Apart from these sections, there are a lot of other fields that are vital in terms of providing relevant information to the users or the tourists.
For example, for luxury travel section of the information system, the website can provide the restaurants, museums, ancient places, movie theaters addresses etc. That is, it provides the information regarding everything that concerns the luxury seeking tourist. This section is carefully designed and presented in such a manner that it can captivate the visitor. The juxtaposition of different hues and colors and the relevance of pictures and images are particularly kept in mind.
However, for business travel, it provides the information regarding transportations, traffic and food places that provide fast service. This section is particularly explored by the business delegations and the professionals belonging to the business world. Therefore, they have some specific needs regarding that and time becomes real constraint for them. But the websites like absolutetravel.com can be of great help for such professionals because it shows most relevant and proper things.
The information system of the website has a lot to offer to the different communities as well. The website has specific information about the rituals, destinations and traditions of specific communities. Such as special interests, special discounts regarding special festivals of different communities.
The different components of the websites that carry a lot of importance in terms of informing the visitors are:
Home Page: It is the main page that has a number of links to the other sections, essentially giving an overview of the website. It is filled with the necessary information along with the attractive and beautiful pictures showing locations across the world.
Destinations: It shows all the places and destinations that are widely known in the world as well as the places with equal attraction but not completely explored as yet. These destinations are in turn categorized in terms of luxury or business or community.
Travel by Interest: This page talks about the way the journey could be undertaken by the tourists. That is, the special interest journeys are built around specific activities and themes. It provides endless opportunities to indulge in what anyone cares about the most.
Preferred Properties: this section is the collection of the preferred properties of Absolute Travel around the world. It offers the tourists to explore handpicked selection of these properties so that they would be included in their next journey.
Absolute awareness: this section is dedicated to understand and become aware as to how the wild creatures could be exceptional and worth watching. That is, it shows its commitment towards conservation of nature and species.
Absolute Air: the idea of featuring of this section is to inform the customer that air should also be part of the pleasure. It also tells the information about different flights.
The customers usually enter their travel date, location information and retrieve the best deal, such as lowest price flight tickets, hotels near to their interests, etc. Sometimes, the system can offer the customer a combination of services at the best prices based on the customer’s needs.
Because this information system contains a huge amount of personal information, the disclosure of sensitive personal information could result in identity theft or system access and control issues.
The website containing lot of information notwithstanding, its mobile-phone version should be made more user-friendly.
Classmate 1: Review: The different elements of the website that are of paramount importance are briefly and crisply explained by the student. H/she has tried to answer each and every question that has been asked from him with regards to the information system. However, as the website is all about attracting the visitor, so, I think it should have extensively elaborated a little bit more about its unique features that might be helpful for the tourists in the long run.
Classmate 2: Review: The important fields of the website visitfinland.com are clearly identified and touched by the student. The different components of the homepage featuring in the websites are important fields as well. They represent as to how the visitor of the website forms the idea about choosing a particular destination and to what extent these fields are helping the visitor. Therefore, I believe that while, the student has informed the visitor pretty well, he could have highlighted some plus points that might have an edge over other websites in terms of competition.