The main beneficiaries of a DMS are potential travelers, the providers of tourism products and services, national travel agents and outbound travel agents, national tourism institutions, IT providers and investors.

Trends and developments in the online tourism market

In order to market their tourism products efficiently, destination and tourism providers should keep abreast of technological developments and standards.

Outbound movements of 26,000 Afghan pilgrims to Saudi Arabia occurred without incident.

However, new technology has allowed other non traditional providers of tourism services such as Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to enter the distribution market for tourism services and become providers of e tourism.

For the large majority of developing countries, their share in the international tourism market, in terms of both international tourism arrivals and receipts, is still small.

But managing the tourism market in a way that can really benefit the people is very important.

ICTs can be effective tools for developing countries to market their tourism offer and increase their customer base.

The majority of developing countries are mainly concerned with setting up informative e tourism websites to market their destinations.

ICTs are the most effective tools for developing countries to market their tourism offer and increase their customer base.

Accordingly, DMOs need to have a comprehensive vision of existing and potential market segments, tourism evolution and prospects, consumers' tourism related Internet usage and tourism behaviour to be able to translate them into web based technologies and adequate services (languages, presentation, content) and marketing campaigns.

Today's online tourism is a very dynamic market, and the number of providers, both generalists and niche players, is rapidly increasing.

The ETP will allow developing, least developed and small island countries to organize, market and sell their own tourism services online.

Proportionately, tourism will grow faster in less developed countries than in developed economies over the next ten years, and there is a growing market interest in rural and activity tourism compared with staying in traditional resorts.

Market trends increasingly reveal the growing demand for diversified travel experiences, from seaside resorts (often linked to mass tourism) to cultural discoveries.

The use of ICT tools such as DMSs should assist them in their efforts to market their tourism offer globally and to ensure the strategic management of their destinations to ultimately improve their competitiveness on tourism markets.

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.

Cultural heritage tourism (or just heritage tourism or diaspora tourism) is a branch of tourism oriented towards the cultural heritage of the location where tourism is occurring.

Its main goals are to support the traveler decision process and to allow developing and least developed countries to organize, market and distribute online aggregated tourism services from SMEs, traditionally kept out of the market.

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

Examples of the latter could include provisions aimed at enterprise development, OFDI promotion programmes and outbound investment missions in conjunction with investment promotion authorities.

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The Internet in particular has drastically changed the distribution of tourism products and services and is driving substantial changes in the market structure and consumer behaviour.

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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.

Christian tourism is a subcategory of religious tourism which is geared towards Christians.

In August 2007 the tourism office was upgraded to a Provincial Tourism Department.

With the US market close by, Haiti could achieve a remarkable recovery of exports of horticulture, fruits, and other agricultural products, as well as tourism and light manufactured goods.

Tourism employs others.

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Tourism Income from tourism is key to the economy of several Latin American countries.

An important role in engaging tourism businesses is being played by tourism industry associations.

At its February 2005 meeting, the Interagency Coordination Group on Tourism Statistics considered proposals to update the Tourism Satellite Account Recommended Methodological Framework,2 and the 1993 United Nations World Tourism Organization recommendations on tourism statistics.

Destination management and promotion are key strategies to respond to consumers' expectations, ensure sustainable development and improve the relative position of destinations in developing countries on the global tourism market.

They should raise awareness among tourism enterprises about the potential of ICTs for tourism development.

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