Author
Watson, Richard
Akselsen, Sigmund
Pitt, Leyland
Monod, Emmanuel
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
The current highly fragmented and multitude of information systems supporting
tourism greatly increases the tourist’s search costs, and while touring there is
almost no information systems support. A more cohesive and integrated
approach should enhance the tourist’s experience in the three phases of tourism:
planning, touring, and reminiscing. The emergence of u-commerce, the ultimate
form of commerce, is the backdrop to identifying a series of information products
that will improve the searching, management, delivery, and sharing of tourism
data. It is proposed that the six products identified (TourDM, TourML, TourStyle,
TourCMS, TourImplement, and TourCommunity) be developed using the open
source model and the cooperative efforts of a large number of geographically
dispersed students. The Open Tourism Consortium has been created to support
this collaborative endeavor