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Role of Information Technology in the Tourism Industry

Author Name : Valeti Naveen

ABSTRACT

Tourism is one of the important sector in the economy which is  contributing around 10% to worldwide GDP, projected to rise to nearly 18% by next three years(World Tourism Council (2019). Tourism is one of the first sectors to embrace Information Technology (IT). IT is crucial to the tourism industry as well as  its success. IT had bought with it a number of changes and challenges that affect business as well as tourism. IT development that have been taken place with respect to the tourism industry are overviewed in this paper. Challenges they pose for the sector and tourism operators generally are also identified.