Change in Technology Revolutionnised Tourism Industry : Report
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Table of ContentsTASK...............................................................................................................................................11.0 Introduction...........................................................................................................................12.0 Theories of technological development................................................................................13.0 Technology development and tourism..................................................................................34.0 Key concepts ........................................................................................................................55.0 Changing nature of tourism industry....................................................................................66.0 Critical evaluation of the competitiveness of the tourism industry......................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
TASK1.0 IntroductionTravel and tourism industry is one of those sectors which experience maximum changes.Every time an innovation is done in the present technology or code of conduct, it has a directimpact on company’s total business (Novelli, 2005). Information communication technologies isan important concept that is utilised towards bringing development in the tourism sector .Following report will discsuss about the way change in technology has revolutionised thetourism industry. Various theories will be focussed that will help in shaping competitiveness inthe leisure industry. Developments in Technologies - The information communication technologies were developedin order to experience growth in tourism industry. It helped business units in developingcountries as they with the implementation of these in organisation increase total capacity toproduce more with the same resources. The evolution of ICT is given as below which shows theway changes were made in different time period:ICT mid-1950 to late 1990 – Under this, the growth in information and communicationwas done which helped tourism industry to establish better connections with the customers andmade private sector more organised. Computers were made available which helped in recordingand doing calculation which further facilitated tourism industry in keeping the data safe andsecured which can be utilised in the future too whenever required (Buhalis and Laws, 2001).ICT 1990 to 2000 – In this phase, development in internet was done with theintroduction of new application which helped tourism industry in identifying various problems inthe health and education which further assisted in doing planning accordingly.ICT late 2000 onwards – Developments in this phase helped in developing demand inthe market which is important for increasing the total sales and revenues for companies intourism industry.2.0 Theories of technological developmentPorters five force model – It is a five force study under which analysis of distinct sections thathas their impact on the company is done. In the tourism industry the environment is dynamic1
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