INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN TOURISM

By:

Megha Aggarwal

Shaurya Tiwari

Sushil Thakur

Reena

Emerging Trends and Technology

ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEM

Electronic Payment System is a system which

helps the customer or user to make onlinepayment for their shopping. To transfer money over the internet Methods of traditional payment :

check, credit card or cash

Methods of electronic payment : Electronic cash, software wallets, smart cards, debit and credit cards.

SOME EXAMPLES OF EPS Online Reservation(yatra.com) Online Bill payment Online Order Placing (snapdeal.com) Online Ticket Booking (irctc.co.in)

Types of EPS

E- Cash

E- wallets

Smart Cards

Credit Cards

E- Banking

E-CASH

A system that allows a person to pay for goods or services by transmitting a number from one computer to another.

Like the real numbers on real currency notes, the e-cash numbers are unique.

This is issued by a bank and represents a specified sum of real money.

It is anonymous and reusable.

E-WALLET

The E-Wallet is another payment scheme that operates like a carrier of e-cash and other information.

The aim is to give shoppers a simple, single and a secure way of carrying currency electronically.

Trust is the basis of the e-wallet as a form of electronic payment.

SMART CARDS A smart card is any pocket sized card

with embedded integrated circuits which can process data.

This implies that it can receive input which is processed and delivered as an output.

E- BANKING Online banking (or Internet

banking or E-banking) allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by the institution, which can be a retail or virtual bank, credit union or building society.

Now a days almost every bank provide this facilities. Ex. SBI, ICICI, HDFC

CREDIT CARDS Credit card provides a card holder credit

to make purchase up to amount fixed by a card issuer.

It is a plastic card with a Magnetic Number and code on it

Customer has to repay the spent amount after sometime.

RISKS IN USING CREDIT CARDS

Customer uses a stolen card or account number to fraudulently purchase goods or service online

Family members use bankcard to order goods/ services online, but have not  been authorized to do so.

Customer falsely claims that he or she did not receive a shipment

Hackers find the ways into an e-commerce merchant’s payment processing system and then issue credits to hacker card account numbers.

USES OF EPS IN TOURISM Hotel Reservations Air Tickets Bus Tickets Taxi Services Documentation

VIDEO CONFERENCING

Is simply a vehicle for interactive communication.

Enables one set of people to see and hear people in a different location.

In its most basic form is the transmission of image (video) and speech (audio) back and forth between two or more physically separate locations.

Also known as “Video teleconference”.

BASIC FEATURES

Very straightforward approach.

Calls can be made locally, nationally or across the world.

VIDEO CONFERENCING COMPONENTS

Camera

Microphone

Speakers

TV or Monitor

USES

Business E-Meetings

USES E-Learning Presentations Chatting with friend

USES Family talk Telemedicine Transmission of medical images Diagnosing & consulting Videoconferencing in my hand

ADVANTAGES

Cultural Exchange ProgramsWe can encourage the foreigners by giving

them a first hand experience with the help of video links.

Glimpse of the Beauty of our countryWe can have more impacts on the tourists if

they can have a glimpse of the beauty with their our eyes and for that video conferencing can be your mate for sure.

Video tours and excursionsExcursions and adventure trips with the

help of guided video tours is always an added advantage.

ADVANTAGES Presenting the Best Packages

Offers and packages can be showcased to the interested countries with the help of teleconferences and seminars, where different hotels can participate to promote their packages.

Encouraging the locals to be paid host for the foreign guest Many hotels have started with the concept of

homemade food prepared by the locals. Interested people can be trained to be good

host for the foreign guest via video conferencing.

ADVANTAGESThis will encourage foreign tourist to have a

feel of the local surroundings.This will also create employment

opportunities for the locals.

LIMITATIONS

Initial cost of the equipment is high.

Ghost/Blurred images seen when rapid movement occurs

Audio echo effect seen when system is not properly installed

WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY(VR)?

Virtual reality is a computer generated world with which the user can interact

Interaction can vary from looking around to interactively modifying the world.

HISTORY OF VR 1950’s visionary cinematographer Morton H Eilig built a single user console

called Sensorama . This enabled the user watch television in three dimensional ways.

In 1961, Philco Corporation engineers developed the first HMD known as the Headsight.

It was in 1965 IVAN SUTHERLAND envisioned what he called the “Ultimate Display.”

In 1988, commercial development of VR began. In 1991, first commercial entertainment VR

system "Virtuality" was released.

APPLICATIONS OF VR E-Commerce And Business:

Virtual reality is being used in a number of ways by the business community which include: Virtual tours of a business environment. Training of new employees. A 360 view of a product.

TrainingVirtual reality environments have been

used for training simulators. Examples include flight simulators,

battlefield simulators for soldiers, paratrooping.

Engineering and DesignVR is widely used in engineering and

designing process. It gives better understanding of the design

and facilitates changes wherever necessary It helps to reduce the time and cost factor.Examples: Building construction, car

designing railway construction…

MedicineHealthcare is one of the biggest adopters

of virtual reality which encompasses surgery simulation, phobia treatment, robotic surgery and skills training.

VR finds its application nursing, dentistry, autism, health issues and for the disabled.

EntertainmentThe entertainment industry is one of the

most enthusiastic advocates of virtual reality, most noticeably in games and virtual worlds.

Virtual Museum, e.g. interactive exhibitionsGamingFilm and theatersVirtual theme parks

TourismVirtual Reality can be used to recreate

historic sites and events for purposes such as education, special project commissions and showcase features at national and World Heritage visitor centres.

VR technologies are also being used to provide a means of protecting the fragile state of some heritage sites, helping to educate visitors not so much about their history but in how to explore, interpret and respect them,

FUTURE OF VR 1999- 10% of the world's computing

power was non-human. 2029- 99% of the world’s computing

capacity will be non-human. And it is estimated that by 2037 we will

be having a computer powerful enough to run immersive VR programs.

WHAT IS COUCH SURFING? Couch surfing International Inc. is a Delaware C

corporation based in San Francisco that offers its

users hospitality exchange and social networking services.

 The website provides a platform for members to "surf" on

couches by staying as a guest at a host's home, host

travellers, or join an event.

As of January 2012, the website had 3.6 million

members. In March 2013, the website had 6

million members in 100,000 cities worldwide.

A gateway to intercultural communication

Couch surfers share their lives with the people

they encounter, fostering cultural exchange

and mutual respect.

Travel the World With Couch surfing, you can stay with locals in every

country on earth. Travel like a local, stay in someone’s home and experience the world in a way money can’t buy.

Rediscover Your City There’s a community of Couch surfers near you. Many

cities have weekly language exchanges, dance classes, hikes and dinners. Make new friends.

Become a Host Give back and open your home to travellers. Learn

about a new culture first-hand or practice a language. Make the world a little smaller; a little friendlier.

Safety

Vouching and reference system

Monitored private messages

Information privacy

ADDRESSING CONCERNS

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF WHERE SURFERS ARE REGISTERED

WHAT'S A BLOG?

A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A

political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes

and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a Social networking website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new.

Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

WHAT IS A TRAVEL BLOG? It’s a blog related to travel and tourism

only. Where tourist share their travel

experiences. Potential tourist gets affected by their

statements. They are used to promote a particular

destination or an itenary. Travel blogs written by famous

personalities helps to tangiblise the destination. For ex. Amitabh bacchan.

Companies also uses travel blogs a tool for promoting their tour packages. Ex. Yatra.com, make my trip, etc.

TOP 5 TRAVEL BLOGS IN 2013

1. Travel Tales from India Bloggers name- Mridula

2. Be on the roadBlogger’s Name- Sankar CS

3.Shadows Galore

Bloggers Nmae- Puru and Ekta

4. The Shooting Star

Bloggers Name- shivya Nath

5. Enidhi India

Bloggers Name- Shrinidhi Hande