This article presents a pioneering and ongoing study of the value evaluation of foreign tourists for Tourism Information System. The world is merging into the era of Information Technology. So Information System has been the pivotal tool as major and ...
This article presents a pioneering and ongoing study of the value evaluation of foreign tourists for Tourism Information System. The world is merging into the era of Information Technology. So Information System has been the pivotal tool as major and landing marketing tool for all the industry. The TIS in various fields, also, is used widely along with expansion of function.
The focus is on the strengths and challenges associated with using the TIS as a medium for primary survey research purpose. New method of measuring a value evaluation of user based on triangular fuzzy numbers is proposed in this study. Hamming distance method was used for our study to establish the validity of decision-making in each foreign tourists' attribute variables. To evaluate the discrepancy between foreign tourists' expectation and satisfaction degree, we infer general solutions to compute the intersection area between to triangular fuzzy numbers, then the weak and/or strong attributes of TIS is clarified. In terms of methodology this study disclosed that fuzzy number model approach is greatly useful to evaluate foreign tourists' attribute.
This study is undertaken by following detailed objects.
First, examining the elements of TIS through the preceding research and the analyzing actual proof on TIS that a local self-governing oragnization constructs and manages for foreign tourists.
Second, understanding the key-figures of value evaluation that has influence on the foreign tourists' satisfaction of the system based on preceding researches on the evaluation about the IS.
Third, understanding the informational contents through the systematic alaysis and research on TIS that a local self-governing oragnization constructs and manages, and researching the solutions for the system's problems based on the evaluation on the rate of importance and satisfaction for the foreign tourists in accordance with each informational contents
Forth, presenting the efficient developing and managing direction of TIS based on the result of value evaluation of the foreign tourists
The result of this study can be summarized with the followings.
First, the appropriateness on expression of language which is the typical evaluative variable of TIS, it is mentioned that the foreign tourists who understand english are very satisfied. Therefore, maintaing present condition is desirable.
Second, although the quickness on acquisition of information has been decides as a very important evaluative variable, actually most foreign tourists are satisfied these days. Therefore, maintaing present condition is desirable
Third, management up-date of information, completeness of contents, construction on on-line community, those variables are showed a decresed satisfaction as compared with tourists' expectation. Therefore general improvement is necessary.
Fourth, it is showed that the foriegn tourists have been satisfied with publicity on information system, connection on on-line and off-line information, it is thought to be influenced on a specific character of foreign tourists those who practically use internet access.
Fifth, although fittness on classified system and design of information system, those variables have been pointed out as a very important variable, actual information user, foreign tourists, do not really think the importance.
Sixth, it is showed that most foreign tourists in korea do not think that understanding degree of cultural characteristics on foreign tourism country, this variable is very important.
It was possible to understand the strength and the weakness of each informational contents based on the value evaluation about TIS for foreign tourists. Consequently, we expect it will be contributed to administrational rationalization of local tourism industry through TIS because we can establish the correspondant stragety within increasing satisfaction of foreign tourists and inducing tourists to revisit, especially getting out of the quantitative analysis by applying fuzzy numbers, and we can have final decision based on reasonable scientific method by evaluating on the field of mentalities in the foreign tourists as a liguistic measure.
Therefore, I believe that this study has a meaning to present a standard for establishing a proper standard about evaluation and construction of the TIS.