Title :
Cloud Services Aided E-Tourism: In the Case of Low-Cost Airlines for Backpacking
Author :
Hung, Jason C. ; Rui Zhou ; Jun Hu ; Huaming Chen ; Qingguo Zhou ; Ji Qi ; Lei Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Manage., Overseas Chinese Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
The emergence of Cloud Services and Mobile Internet has influenced the society a lot, including the tourism industry. This paper proposes a design of backpacking service, not only aimed at the travelling routines, but also focus on the low-cost airlines. This kind of service aids backpackers with an effective travelling and satisfy the price requirement. With this low-cost airlines system, the backpackers can experience real e-Tourism and enjoy a better travel aided by the real-time information. According to the basic principles of low-cost airlines, this paper provides the backpackers with a definitely efficient way to check out a suitable flight itinerary under an acceptable price.
Keywords :
cloud computing; mobile computing; travel industry; backpacking service; cloud services; low-cost airlines; mobile Internet; price requirement; real e-tourism; tourism industry; Cities and towns; Cloud computing; Industries; Mobile communication; Real-time systems; Transportation; Backpacking; Cloud Services; Mobile Internet; e-Tourism;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
DOI :
10.1109/ICPADS.2013.85