eTourism “The Future”

President of IOETI “International Organization for the Electronic Tourism Industry”

Dr. Yehia Abu Al-Hassan

Why ??

Why the Internet is important at Crises?

Increasing Internet Usage

2010:1,966,514,816 Users

2012:2,405,518,376 Users

World Wide

Increase: 81.8%

50 Million Users Time

Radio: 38 Years

Television: 13 Years

Internet: 4 Years

Twitter: Less than a Year

Facebook: More than 200 million users in less than a year

Web Generations:

Search Engines can display more relevant information in their results

Example: Google rich snippets showing reviews, rates, and ranks those with rich information higher in ranks

Marketing Benefits of Web 3.0 (Semantic Web)

Time Spent on Travel Website: (Europe)

(Germany):

Top Online Activities for Travelers:

Thank You

Good Luck