Millennials would rather see the world than spend money on materialistic items such as latest Mac laptop. “the Millennial generation is influenced heavily by where their friends are going or have been” therefore are more likely to choose a travel destination irrationally unlike the baby boomers. Fung conclude stating that millennials interest in travel will continue to expand, therefore the travel industries should take note and develop apps to accommodate their
The tourism industry have succeed in reaching the Millennials’ needs by promoting their brands with “Braggies”. A 'braggie' is an image posted to social networks designed purely to show off or make friends jealous. This catches the Millennials attention and influences them to want to travel to the destinations displayed in the pictures. This shows the success of the tourism industry’s method in using social networks to market to the millennial since they are gaining tourist from around the world because of this app, therefore more money. Barenblatt also addresses how the travel industry has used this new way of marketing to
Every day new inventions change the way companies communicate, work, and travel. As time progresses, business travel continues to stand as a major part of the United States’ economy. With over $500 billion dollars in spending in the U.S. alone, business travel plays a significant part in the daily lives of people all around the world. ( )
Many authors raised the issue of making decisions by clients, when choosing a leisure destination (Elliot, Papadopoulos and Kim, 2010; Nuraeni, Arru and Novani, 2015; Nickerson and Neil Moisey, 1999). Many of articles was based on the influence of the culture of a given place, on the choice of a holiday destination (Richardson and Crompton, 1988; Andersen, Prentice and Guerin, 1997; Ritchie and Zins, 1978); and on the impact of the distance to the destination chosen by customers (Yannopoulos and Rotenberg, 2000; Crompton 1979, Scott, Schewl and Frederick, 1978). Numerous articles described the differences in factors influencing customer decision-making between online platforms and stationary tourist agencies (Cheyne, Downes and Legg, 2006; Ku and Fan, 2009) or articles focused only on the factors affecting the customers choices of stationary travel agencies (Ng, Cassidy and Brown, 2006; Hui and Wan, 2005). Repeatedly, there has been analysed the influence of online user reviews on customer decision-making (Ye, Law and Gu, 2009; Sparks and Browning, 2011). The research was also conducted on the impact of factors on customer decision-making of a tourist agency by customers during the selection of individual packages (Heung and Chu,
CORPORATE/BUSINESS LEVEL STRATEGIES Uber's overwhelming interest in the advancement and emphasis of its portable application mirrors a (1) fundamental duty to proceed with development and focused execution. Interfacing drivers with travelers by means of their cell phones wipes out the requirement for Uber to set up a physical nearness in each new city, to which they extend operations, making this an exceedingly versatile system with restricted obstructions to future development. This versatility likewise opens the potential for Uber to venture into administration fragments, for example, sustenance conveyance without material changes to the organization's working model. Enhancing usability, learnability, and productivity in the application's
The functions of website should be able to be accessed on mobile phone or tablet. Function of the website should allow their customers to make reservations online through the website. Amongst other functions website would enable customers to make a hotel reservation, print reservation receipt or delete reservation and rebook. A budget of $100000 has been accepted for the entire project to be initiated and a deadly of project is due in 6months.
IDENTIFY AND RESEARCH A TOURISM ATTRACTION Introduction Tourism has experienced continued growth and extensive diversification and competition on the last decades, becoming one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and by consequence, one of the main income sources for many developing countries. “Every time we travel we are part of a global movement that has the power to drive inclusive development, to create jobs and to build the sustainable societies we want for our future,” says the actual UNWTO¹ Secretary General, Taleb Rifai. “This movement also contributes to build mutual understanding and to safeguard our shared natural and cultural heritage,” he completes. A sustainable and responsible approach to tourism means that neither the natural environment nor the socio-cultural organisation of the host communities would be compromised by the arrival of tourists.
It helps in most of the concerns of customers, improving and maximizing customer satisfaction, and gain customer loyalty, which will lead to the growth of the industry and more profit. The airline industry thought of coming up with a strategy that helps in finding information about the availability and cost of the flight, booking flights online, checking-in online, collecting information about each customer’s preferences, finding out which customers are most profitable, building customer loyalty by rewarding them, and increasing sales. Nowadays, almost everyone around the world is using the internet for personal use and for business use. That is why many industries are using applications that open on smart phones and tablets to make it easier, faster, and more convenient for the customers. Moreover, airlines are using e-business applications and Customer relationship management strategy, such as e-CRM which helps in managing customer relationship through the Internet, and many airlines are doing this as a separate plan to their e-business
Benefits of Tourism Tourism is an important activity that people has undertaken for a very long time in the most countries around the world. In recent time it has been recognized as an important social and economic phenomenon. As well as its direct effect it has indirect effects both on the society and at the individual level. . The interaction between tourists and poor communities can provide a number of intangible and practical benefits. These can range from increased awareness of cultural, environmental, and economic issues and values, on both sides, to mutual benefits from improved local investment in infrastructure.
“Tourism Behaviour understanding includes the idea and knowledge of the different factors which are by no other means very obvious because the effects which do shape the activities and tastes of tourism are often highly embedded in the cultural and the personal biography of the individual that the whole of subject is not known of how actually they were made.” (Seaton, 1996). Figure.1. The tourism system.
“With 8 million people flying each day, the concept of travel as a rare escape is outdated. Obstacles that prevented people traveling, like high costs, continue to fall away. For those with the means, travel has become a lifestyle. Barriers like language are disappearing with the advent of smart translation apps. Cheap flights are empowering time-short travelers to jet off for weekends.
Tourism is the income of people from one place to another place for vacation, but it can also be for business or entertainment. Tourism can either be international or domestic. Tourism has an influence on any country, either it’s for a positive impact or a negative impact. An example one might consider includes that the tourism in that individual country could possibly increase the income and positively improve the economic aspect of the country, but tourism can also negatively impact the environment. Tourism can also affect the population living in the country due to the amount of tourism which furthers the idea of more jobs need to be created for the new tourists.
In the hospitality industry, many companies will use this medium to promote and market their business where they will use social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to interact with their customers. The customers can easily access those websites through the smartphone. It is important for the company to have a strategic and planning to make the business survive and compete with other company. Positive relationship with customers The smartphone technology can improve customer relationship which is including from service aspect, review or feedback from the customers, and update the product or service.
Tourism can be considered one of the most significant economic and social phenomena of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The evolving of the tourist’s behavior has triggered a series of changes in the way of operating the tourism businesses. From traditional travel agencies, hotels and airlines up to the online tour operators. All tour operators have had to adapt to the changes of the individual as a traveler and this has led to continuous development of strategies by the agents.
Rural development is as important as urban development. Alleviating the hardships of the rural people is fundamental to rural development. Efforts at developing the rural areas are aimed at creating industries and employment opportunities. Any initiative towards this end would be welcomed with open arms in Nepal. This would also reduce the population density in the cities.
