Contributing factors for the successful integration of local tourism enterprises into international tourism markets are adequate e tourism strategies that focus on tourism innovation in terms of tourism products and adoption of e business tools such as destination management systems.

Encourages the business sector, in particular the tourism industry and Internet providers, to

This cycle is equally important for leisure and business and conference tourism and travel.

The role of ICTs in developing tourism The innovation process in the tourism industry Managing and promoting destinations online E business challenges Concluding remarks.

Such sectors may include tourism, telecommunications and long distance business services (e.g. accounting, computer software).

It focuses on the practical modalities of new business models that destination management organizations and tourism enterprises should adopt to improve their competitiveness in tourism markets.

However, the eventual adoption of e business practices will facilitate the evolution of traditional tourism systems and the integration of tourism enterprises into the digital economy.

The adoption and usage of e business practices will facilitate the evolution of the traditional tourism systems and the integration of tourism enterprises into the digital economy.

Experts fully recognized the need to develop capacities in three broad areas technological (web services, programming, semantic web), business skills (such as entrepreneurship) and tourism skills (including tourism marketing and cultural heritage management).

The tourism business, however, expects a certain level of quality and reliability in the services available in the protected areas.

In order to take full advantage of ICTs and improve their competitiveness in tourism markets, developing countries have to instill e business practices effectively among all stakeholders and integrate local tourism providers into DMSs.

The 2000 census statistics have confirmed Bermuda's transition from a two pillar economy based on tourism and international business to an economy based on offshore financial services with a tourism industry as a support.

At our Annual Meeting in Stavanger, Norway, our keynote speaker was Paul Waterschoot, the European Commission apos s head of tourism, who analysed with us the policy and opportunities for business tourism in Europe.

Effective marketing channels include destination management organizations and tourism boards, tour operators, guidebooks, media, certification schemes, travel fairs, such as the so called business to business (B2B) and business to consumers (B2C) fairs, internet retailers and consumers' organizations.

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Part B provides an overview of current and future ICT trends and their implications for the tourism industry, including destination management systems, as well as best practices to facilitate business to consumer (B2C) and business to business (B2B) e commerce.

In order to take full advantage of ICTs and improve their competitiveness in tourism markets, destinations in developing countries have to instill e business practices effectively among all stakeholders and integrate local tourism providers into DMSs.

Moreover, in most vulnerable and small developing economies, particularly LDCs, the foundations of tourism are threatened by unbalanced results in their business operations, which are in turn threatening the social, economic and environmental sustainability of tourism.

Financial services, international business and tourism are the main economic sectors and account for the bulk of the Territory's foreign exchange earnings.

Panellists cited change management adapting existing business processes and practices as the main difficulty for destination management organizations (DMOs) and tourism enterprises.

Eco tourism, cultural and natural heritage tourism, health and medical tourism and adventure tourism are some of the tourism niches that are increasingly marketed by destinations and tourism enterprises in developing countries.

Understanding the opportunities brought about by ICTs in the tourism industry, and implementing effective e business solutions has become a priority for public authorities and tourism providers at national, regional and community levels in many developing countries.

The last session focused on challenges and opportunities in the adoption and usage of e business practices by tourism enterprises in developing countries.

ICTs help DMOs and tourism providers organize their resources (databases, data processing), network with business partners, and distribute and market products on the web.

At the present time, 90 per cent of tourism business worldwide consists of online transactions supported by the interface of the Internet and GDS.

At its ninth session, the Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development decided to convene an Expert Meeting on ICT and Tourism for Development.

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According to a survey of almost 250 DMOs by the World Tourism Organisation (2004), less than 50 per cent of DMOs have an e business strategy.

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At the same time, ICTs reduce operating costs, improve business processes, and provide tourism producers with additional opportunities to present and sell their products, as well as to naturally establish partnerships with carriers, global distribution systems (GDS), tour operators, travel agencies and national tourism offices.

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