religious tourism is one of the varieties of tourism that authorities in this filed , believe iran, due to its special cultural and religious capacities and geographical position , has an important role in developing religious tourism industry. one of the important factors that affects industry tourism, especially developing the religious one ,is the aerial transportation industry for the time ...

Many consumers have learned to delay purchases, anticipating that prices might decrease. Such strategic or forward-looking behavior has attracted increasing attention from various disciplines, including operations management, information systems, marketing, and economics. However, there is currently no empirical evidence of the extent to which this strategic decision-making actually takes place...

Disintermediation has become increasingly intense, particularly in the tourism industry where many suppliers have successfully utilised the internet and website as a direct channel to sell to their customers. This paper investigates disintermediation situations and argues that in practice disintermediation, despite becoming increasingly intense, will just require travel agents to acclimatise ra...

Travel, like many other aspects of daily life is being transformed by the information technology revolution. Accessibility can no longer be measured only in terms of travel time, distance or generalized travel cost. Information technology gives people virtual accessibility to a rapidly growing range of activities. E-commerce has become a catalyst for structural changes in the freight transporta...

Many research studies suggest that a substantial percentage of tourists seek cultural experiences, such as visiting cultural attractions and participating in diverse cultural activities that are not ‘sun, sand and sea’ related. The World Tourism Organization suggests that more than 40% of all international tourists are ‘cultural tourists’ (Richards, 1996). The Travel Industry Association of Ame...

This paper synthesises aspects of travel agent characteristics and strategies from an analysis of all identified New Zealand travel agent web sites and how they were observed to develop during the course of this study, as well as informal discussions with members of the travel industry. This was followed up by a convenience sample of 101 users to gauge perceptions, potentially as a precursor to...

E-business has been rapidly growing in the retailing and service industries. As an innovative mode for selling and delivering products/services, e-business model involves both technological and strategic changes. It has been observed that firms in the same industry may adopt e-business model at different paces. Questions remain why some firms tend to actively implement e-business while others t...

This paper reports an investigation into the adoption of the Internet amongst Malaysian travel agencies as a means of exploring the likely future potential growth of e-business within the industry. The study reveals that the Malaysian travel agencies are very positive towards e-business. Nonetheless, the Internet usage amongst the agencies is still in an early stage, and the rate of adoption of...