Paper Info
Title
Exploratory Study On Contributions Of Icts To Sustainable Tourism Development In Manchester
Abstract
Despite the potential of ICTs and its revolution in the contemporary tourism industry, very little academic research has been carried out on the contribution of ICTs to Sustainable Tourism Development (STD). This study aims to explore various different stakeholders' perception on the contribution of ICTs to sustainable tourism development in Manchester. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with various different stakeholders who are involved in sustainable tourism development in Manchester area. Findings revealed that ICTs can offer platform to facilitate sustainable tourism development and emerging ICTs can be utilized to maximize tourism's positive impacts and minimize negative impacts at tourism destination. The research also identified a number of barriers to the implementation of ICTs in sustainable tourism development. Limitations of the study which should be addressed in future research are discussed and some recommendations for further research are provided.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-211-99407-8_41
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN TOURISM 2010
Keywords
Field
DocType
ICTs, Sustainable Tourism Development, Destination Management
Tourism geography,Sustainable tourism,ICTS,Computer science,Tourism,Exploratory research,Marketing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.42
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kabiru Touray120.42
Timothy Jung2375.36