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How has technology contributed to tourism business?

By Saanvi Singh posted 03-05-2014 02:17 AM

  

If there is one thing that has had a positive impact on anything and everything, it is technology and its rapid development. Talking specifically about the tourism industry and travelers, technology  has made a significant in such businessses.  Not only has it resulted in minimal manual labor but also brought down expenses, costs of operation, increased efficiency and help businesses reach their targetted goals without any hinderence. This article takes a look at how has technology made a difference in the tourism sector and helped tourism businesses reach greater heights.

Internet Bookings:

The population of the world is always on the rise and therefore a common platform was requried where one could easily book or cancel travel tickets. The Internet eyed this market and estimated its scope to be unlimited.  The online booking systems have done a splendid job in creating possibilities wherein anyone can make a booking or cancel one via internet. The Internet Booking Engines have completely changed the way people used to book tickets and have widened the range of travelers that can conduct bookings simultanously.

Map Applications:

New places are often unexplored by new visitors and most of them used to face a hard time in figuring out where to go and what to do. But with the advent of Map applications in smart phones and tablets, no place is unkown. They are highly convenient to use and look for places to visit in a particualar coutnry or state. Be it markets, malls, famous beaches, monuments, gardens or mere hotels; these applications are smart enough to track anything and everything for the user. They are nothing less than boon for people who love visiting new places and hate getting lost there.

GDS:

The Global Distribution System is an area that has been evolved by technological advancements. It has replaced the Computer Reservation System totally that existed in earlier times and has made things extremely fast and reliable. These systems are well robust to be used throughout the day without fail and hardly give any scope for complaints.

PMS:

On the other hand, Property Management System is another area that has witnessed makeover. It manages day to day tasks, processes and takes care of properties. A lot of hotels use such systems for the purpose of handling customers accounts, databases, records and more with absolute ease.

Althuogh these may be the major areas where technology has reached and redefined the meanings but there are many more systems that have been channelized with the help of intelligent technology. There is no doubt that the momentum about the same is only going to carry forward and grow, the day is not very far when problems faced by travelers and tourits would almost be eliminated with the help of such systems. The global platform is huge but it won’t take much time for development to seep in in each and every corner of the world.  Continued growth and development would continuously evolve humans and do good to mankind. If you want to more update please check vivahospitalities.com

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