Cloud Services Aided E-Tourism: In the Case of Low-Cost Airlines for Backpacking

Hung, Jason C.; Zhou, Rui; Hu, Jun; Chen, Huaming; Zhou, Qing; Qi, Ji; Yang, Lei

doi:10.1109/icpads.2013.85

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“…For instance, utilizing the e-tourism solutions should be considered in Saudi Arabia, as there are heaps of global studies and projects from e-ticketing to tour planning and guiding, exposing the top attractions, understanding customer (tourist) needs and hopes, and managing risks in order to take the most benefits from the tourism industry (Agarwal et al, 2013;Alghamdi, Zhu, & Saddik, 2016;Hung et al, 2013;Titan, Sanjaya, & Ferdianto, 2016).…”

Section: The Current Gapmentioning

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Is It the Time to Propose a Million Dollar Tourist Guide Application in Saudi Arabia? A Case of Jeddah City

Junaid¹,

Fakieh²

2019

JCSIT

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The purpose of this paper is to highlight the potential of investing in a comprehensive e-tourism mobile application in Saudi Arabia that would improve the tourism experience for local and international visitors to Saudi Arabia. It took the city of Jeddah as a case to explore this need. The paper analysed four current applications to explore the gap that is required to be addressed. After that, an online structured survey was conducted with 70 responses to examine whether the local market is requiring such a solution to propose or not. The findings showed that even the locals are finding some difficulties when using the current solutions. The value of this study is to trigger the giant local and international players to consider proposing a comprehensive mobile application to get most of the travel experience and to generate a considerable source of income.

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Section: The Current Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is It the Time to Propose a Million Dollar Tourist Guide Application in Saudi Arabia? A Case of Jeddah City

Junaid¹,

Fakieh²

2019

JCSIT

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The Traveling Backpacker Problem: A computational comparison of two formulations

Nakamura

Coelho

Nascimento

2017

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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Backpacker conceptualisation criteria: discussion, clarification and operationalisation proposal

Martins

Costa

2023

IJTC

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Purpose Backpackers can be found all over the world, especially in urban areas where the main enclaves are established. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the operationalisation of the term “backpacker” and present a proposal to conceptualise backpackers and backpackers’ segments based on the operational criteria available in literature to avoid incongruities among researchers. Design/methodology/approach Based on a literature review, this study provides a critical review of the backpacker conceptualisation and operationalisation using a methodology divided into three phases, a quantitative analysis based on the Scopus database and a bibliometric analysis coupled with a manual analysis of documents (content analysis). Findings Substantial heterogeneity and complexity regarding the conceptualisation of backpacker tourism and its diversified subsegments were evident. For this reason, this paper argues that backpacker tourism can and should continue to be analysed from different perspectives, suitably framed in the theoretical instrument constructed to identify and distinguish the different subsegments through its operationalisation features. Originality/value This study provides a practical contribution to all researchers interested in the topic of backpackers proposing the operationalisation of the term backpacker and it subsegments to avoid disparate results and deviations. This contribution will enable the correct and objective assessment of the operationalisation of this concept for researchers, managers and destination management organisations, identifying exactly what phenomenon is to be studied.

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Cloud Services Aided E-Tourism: In the Case of Low-Cost Airlines for Backpacking

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Is It the Time to Propose a Million Dollar Tourist Guide Application in Saudi Arabia? A Case of Jeddah City

Is It the Time to Propose a Million Dollar Tourist Guide Application in Saudi Arabia? A Case of Jeddah City

The Traveling Backpacker Problem: A computational comparison of two formulations

Backpacker conceptualisation criteria: discussion, clarification and operationalisation proposal

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