The Technology of ICT
At a practical level, The French are Overcoming limitations With Their thesis ‘Cocos’ – Communities of Commons – Partnerships with pragmatic Neighbouring towns: “We Have A multi-purpose ‘Bobcat’ vehicle – You Have a rubbish truck And They Have A road- sweeper: Let’s Share the resources and work out a rota. No Reason Why That Should not spawn Other service-based partnerships like Tourism. That’s From the Ground Up. France est aussi Making Strides with top / middle down in That It Is Now (re) Inventing the concept of Regional Tourist Boards. In Alsace, for example, was particularly prolific and Ambitious Tourism Observatory has-been set up to research and Circulate data and a (sadly separatism) body has beens aussi ESTABLISHED to Develop Some consistency Across the region In The number, nature, quality, and Functionality usability of Tourism websites Operating particularly Has The Level Of The Common; Indeed sacrifice part of my own Students of Tourism and Hospitality Management at The Colmar Institute of Technology Have Been instrumental in Research Projects Designed to Improve Quality and website access to ‘Green Tourism’ products and Services in the region.
The Technology Itself IS MOST emphatically not The Problem for Tourism: Simply it was Offers range of Technical Features, Functionalities and potential opportunities – It May Sound Obvious, But The Real Is The outcome context and culture Which Into The Technology IS Going To Be Placed and Who Are The People (Who Are Not Gold) going to try to bend it to Their Will. This Appears To Be Still Receiving less attention Rather Than Is Its due … no matter WHERE one May look. Technology? – It’s all about Humanity.