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Interactivity of Digital Texts: Topics: Virtual Tourism These forms of virtual tourism may appeal to segments of the population that are barred from actual travel — because of disabilities, or for financial or political reasons. Virtual travels may help to preserve environments that are in danger of losing their natural (and hence cultural) identity by an excess of modern-day tourism: “Virtual Stonehenge” or “Virtual Tibet” are projects specifically designed with such an aim in mind. Faced with the digital and the virtual, concepts that at first glance seem to elude the very domain ecocriticism is accustomed to deal with, ecocriticism must ask about the ‘nature’ of virtual environments and about their relationship to the geographical environments they represent. www.uni-muenster.de /Interact/tourism.html   (1279 words)

Virtual tourism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virtual tourism refers to pre-planning alternative touristic activity before your departure, by integrating multiple digital resources to explore regions of the world without having to physically travel. The phrases panoramic tour and virtual tour are often used to describe a variety of video and photographic based media. Such virtual tours created with still cameras are made up of a number of shots taken from a single point. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virtual_tourism   (352 words)

Tourism Area of Expertise Featured topics include research results from MSU and other sources, trends that may impact Michigan tourism, what’s new in the industry, conference and trade show information, guest columns from tourism industry leaders, and various stories that are useful to tourism professionals. Promoting Tourism is composed of bibliographic citations with annotations, contact lists of individuals, organizations, and agencies that focus their efforts on tourism and rural development. The purpose of the WRDC is to strengthen rural families, communities, and businesses by facilitating rural development research and extension (outreach) projects cooperatively with universities and communities throughout the West. www.tourism.msu.edu   (1036 words)

VRSIG96 paper Tourism is increasing worldwide, yet many aspects of tourism threaten and damage historical sites. Virtual Heritage is the use of computer based techniques, in particular Virtual Reality (VR) to provide reconstructions of threatened historical monuments. VRML would seem to be an excellent vehicle for Virtual Heritage applications due to its non proprietary nature, the wide industry support that it is achieving and its ability to run cross platform on reasonably low performance computers. www.doc.mmu.ac.uk /RESEARCH/virtual-museum/Pubs/vrsig96pap.html   (3039 words)

Virtually the World Virtual World Internet is a virtual imaging service provider that delivers interactive solutions for a wide variety of applications in the travel and tourism sector. Virtually sites have played a major role in creating the virtual tours experience worldwide and is leading the development of the next-generation Visual Information. Virtual World Internet is headquartered in London, UK, and has an extensive global network of approved virtual tour developers, photographers and designers. www.virtually-theworld.com /vtw_about.asp   (213 words)

Lessons from WWW Tourism Initiatives in South Africa Although tourism is an important foreign exchange earner, a significant percentage of the money spent on tourism remains in the tourist's original country. Instead, virtual tourism content should be developed in recognition of the fact that the broader tourism supply chain can be transformed and that the benefits of an enhanced tourism supply chain should allow for accrued benefit to the widest range of South Africans, formally and informally employed. And if it is the case that tourism is central to the human and economic growth of a developing country, then progressive tourism management approaches are critical considerations in the conceptualization and design of tourism interfaces. www.isoc.org /inet2000/cdproceedings/7a/7a_3.htm   (4501 words)

Virtual Seychelles - Tourism Seychelles’ tourism industry depends primarily on features of the natural environment and so the objective is to nationally integrate this industry to protect the environment from pollution and degradation. Therefore, great importance is being placed on promoting tourism development that takes into account the need to protect and conserve the natural environment. The sector of tourism integrates the environment, the businesses and the community in the development process and is being encouraged. www.virtualseychelles.sc /tourism/tourism_poli.htm   (406 words)

Articles: Travellers to Antique Lands That these are largely the jargon of the heritage-based tourism trade is shown by the rarity of the related forms in tourist—terms such as agrotourist or military tourist are almost never seen. Though the word tourism retains the idea of “vacation; recreation”; in all these compounds, another small group has come into use in which the word returns to its roots and, as in business tourism, implies “travelling for the purpose of” with little or no suggestion that the person is actually on holiday. The idea is to limit tourist numbers to those which places can entertain without degrading the quality of inhabitants’ lives or of the tourism experience, to protect local cultures against the adverse affects of undue commercialisation of their heritage, and to ensure that it will be possible to obtain a long-term economic return from investment. www.worldwidewords.org /articles/tourism.htm   (1147 words)

Virtual tour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It has been suggested that Virtual tourism be merged into this article or section. A virtual tour (or virtual reality tour) is virtual reality simulation of an actually existing location, usually comprising 2D panoramic images, a sequence of hyperlinked still or video images, and/or image-based models of the real location, as well as other multimedia elements such as sound effects, music, narration, and text. Virtual tours can be especially useful for universities and in the real estate industry, looking to attract prospective students and tenants/buyers, respectively, eliminating for the consumer the cost of travel to numerous individual locations. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virtual_Tour   (300 words)

360 virtual tourist, virtual tourism A 360 virtual tour of your tourist location or individual tourist business is a great way to demonstrate what you have to offer to tourists and holidaymakers. 360 panoramas let the virtual tourist see what the location has to offer, and in the same way that a picture says a thousand words, a 360 virtual tour says a whole lot more. In this way, an integrated virtual tour of your location with links to information on activities and facilities in your area can be delivered to potential visitors from all over the world. www.360-virtual.com /virtual-tourist.htm   (373 words)

APEID: Workshop on GMS Virtual University Tourism Program 2006 Under the project to establish the Greater Mekong Subregion Virtual University (GMS-VU) initiated by UNESCO in August 2001, a subregional workshop on the certificate in GMS tourism program is scheduled to be held from March 14 — 16, 2006 at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University in Thailand. Based on the agreements of two previously conducted workshops which resolved the development of a one-year certificate program in tourism, representatives from GMS countries, partner organizations and agencies concerned meet at Sukhothai to discuss their progress and to further advance the proposed course of studies. The main focus of the workshop is to jointly formulate and produce the complete course in tourism for the GMS Virtual University. www.unescobkk.org /index.php?id=3617   (193 words)

Expert in Virtual Reality to speak about tourism planning and historic reconstruction at UH TIM School Richard Levy, a world expert in the use of virtual reality for purposes of urban design, architecture, historic preservation and tourism, will make two presentations on his work on March 6 & 7, 2006 from 2:30 — 4:00 p.m. Virtual worlds and computer simulation can strengthen efforts towards preserving, promoting and managing historic resources and sites. His work on virtual bobsled tracks was recently documented on the Discovery Channel in January 2006. www.hawaii.edu /cgi-bin/uhnews?20060222151205   (347 words)

Welcome to AIS SIG Culture and Tourism Tourism is a major contributor to the GDP of many countries. To that end, cultural-heritage destination management systems can be exploited not only for measuring, controlling, directing tourism flows, but also for creating a baseline for a community tourism planning whereby local stakeholders recognize the high degree of interdependencies in planning and managing the tourism domain and promote their common interests. Indeed, locals’ and tourists’ participation in virtual communities’ interactions and online interpretations services do not only guarantee the balance of locals’ and tourists’ interests and the avoidance of any unwanted socio-cultural tourism impacts by it also ensures e-service quality and online visitor satisfaction (Sigala and Leslie, 2005). cis.gsu.edu /~emonod/e-culture   (1261 words)

Virtual Tourism in Israel This idea of "virtual tourism" had been picked up by our rabbi, Harry Bremmer, and passed along in our synagogue and by email a few days before I was to leave for Israel. After explaining "virtual tourism" to him and giving him 100 shekels (four times the bill of 25 shekels), he suggested that 50 shekels would be enough. My fervent hope is that others going to Israel will take along their own "virtual tourists" who will leave their footprints on the shores of the turbulent sea of our homeland. www.aish.com /jewishissues/israeldiary/Virtual_Tourism_in_Israel.asp   (1483 words)

Italian virtual tours 360 places travel tips hotels villas lodgins discounts charming accommodations Virtualica.it immersive virtual tours interactive panpramas 360 for mousepad Travelers. Virtual tours 360° requires a Java enabled browser for these applets to run. Virtualica dynamic imaging virtual tour 360 immerive pictures 360 photos. www.virtualica.it /eng/help_virtual_tours.htm   (312 words)

Newswise Newswise — Thanks to the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University and three international sponsors, hospitality and tourism graduate students from four continents now have an online international forum for the exchange of research, information and contacts in the industry. Prior to the International Hospitality and Tourism Virtual Conference, graduate students in the field did not have a venue for their research other than to submit it to an academic journal for publication or attend a traditional conference. The virtual conference has no registration fee and travel is not required, so all graduate students can afford to participate. www.newswise.com /articles/view/520527   (638 words)

International Hospitality and Tourism Virtual Conference 2006 - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) This is a virtual conference there are no bags to pack, no flights to catch, and no hotel bills to pay. This is your chance to dialog with some of the greatest minds in the field of hospitality and tourism research. Oh and one more thing, since this is a virtual conference we would like to get to know you a little better. web.ics.purdue.edu /idc/idc_ihtvc06/index.php?...&Itemid=1   (557 words)

crete tourism with VirtualGreece.net Virtual Greece covers eleven Greek island holiday destinations each with an interactive map of Greece featuring Crete, Corfu, Kefalonia, Kos, Leros, Lesvos, Patmos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini and Zante. The crete tourism destination of Crete has something to offer everyone from the lively nightlife of the main towns to the peaceful rugged mountains and sandy beaches. Virtual Greece is packed full of iPIX Virtual Tours and information on the Greek islands, use our Greek islands map or the drop down menus to find your way around. www.virtualgreece.net /crete/crete+tourism.htm   (463 words)

Michigan Tourism Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) It will teach virtual students how to apply such a process to various problem areas, including technical problems, strategic problems, and marketing problems. Edgell is considered to be one of the world's leading authorities on tourism, so we appreciate his willingness to share his thoughts with MTB's readers. View national tourism industry news and reports "A - C" View national tourism industry news and reports "D - L" View national tourism industry news and reports "M - Z" View a list of current MTB and MTVTA partners and find out about partnership opportunities. www.imakenews.com /tourism/index000031053.cfm   (1023 words)

Aitken and Westersund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) A different story emerges when we consider that GIS and virtual tourism may be used to perpetuate a form of place control that began on Catalina Island over one hundred years ago. Our intent is to link ideas on tourism, nature, visual aesthetics and the control of images with the policy implications of interactive GIS for tourist destinations such as Catalina Island. At the same time we were exploring the possibilities of virtual tourism with the Conservancy, the first GIS related map appeared as part of an advertisement for Jeep eco-tours of the island. www.geo.wvu.edu /i19/papers/aitken.html   (1070 words)

Conservation In Practice - Virtual Tourism Although demand for virtual wildlife tourism seems to be growing as rapidly as the technology, its value remains ill-defined, and ownership rights are ambiguous. Though virtual tourists do not appear willing to pay for unedited wildlife footage, they may be willing to pay for edited highlights. Just as local communities and nations awoke to the pharmaceutical value of their natural resources and began to regulate bioprospecting, it is time that parks authorities and conservation organizations regulate access to valuable wildlife by hanging on to media rights, controlling access, and demanding a share of the proceeds. conbio.net /cip/article31VTO.cfm   (1650 words)

Virtual Tours Newfoundland Tourism Photography Photo Tour Virtual Tourism photography of your business gives your customers the chance to see more of what you offer in advance, and this means more phone calls, and that means more bookings. Using virtual tours in Newfoundland photography and tourism photography can increase your business significantly. Internet marketing and advertising by using virtual tours means your web site will have more interest for visitors. www.virtual-tours-newfoundland.ca   (390 words)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Pompeii gets digital make-over The camera captures the view and feeds it to software on the computer where the visitor's viewpoint is combined with animated virtual elements. Unlike virtual reality, which delivers an entirely computer-generated scene to the viewer, the Lifeplus project is about combining digital and real views. Crucial to the technique is the software that interprets the visitor's view and provides an accurate match between the real and virtual elements. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/3954659.stm   (446 words)

Virtual Tourism - High Definition Virtual Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Whether the figure is accurate is open to debate but the sheer volume of buyers turning to the internet as a source of information cannot be ignored. Virtual Tours offer a unique “as if you were there” experience. Until the new website is posted please call (519) 438 4316 or email: info@virtualtourism.ca for further information. www.virtualtourism.ca   (133 words)

Michigan Tourism Business: New eNewsletter for the Michigan Tourism Industry This virtual library's value is realized only when the training modules are used. Thus, one goal of the newsletter is to stimulate use of MVU's virtual training materials and thereby contribute to its Michigan employee work force development mission. Our second goal is simply to provide tourism business owners and managers with a one-stop source of relevant news. www.imakenews.com /tourism/e_article000062727.cfm   (541 words)

Houghton Mifflin Textbook - Web Research Activities The platform on virtual tourism invites students to examine the ways in which one can travel on the World Wide Web and how that travel compares to literal tourism. Cultural Studies scholars have studied the texts and discourses of literal tourism in depth and have raised insightful questions about the ideology embedded in and produced by literal forms of travel: the construction of otherness, the consumption of the exotic, ecological devastation, and the reinforcement of neo-colonial structures of power. Many of the sites that describe and advertise activist tourism are driven by concerns about current forms of globalization and legacies of colonization. college.hmco.com /english/bass/border_texts/2e/students/web_research/virtual.html   (694 words)

Water Cooler Games - Virtual World Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Of course, one can't bring up the notion of tourism without bearing the burden of exoticism and the postcolonial critique of tourism. In fact, virtual world tourism might actually improve broader awareness and interest in issues of governance, property, and social structures in these worlds. Another, alternative way to look at virtual world tourism is as hospitality (in the classical sense) extended by residents to visitors, as a way of cementing and extending their relationship to the outside world. www.watercoolergames.org /archives/000426.shtml   (1554 words)

Palestine-Net: Tourism in Palestine It is true that the tourism sector, along with the rest of the Palestinian aspects of life, suffered alot during the past decades, and that current efforts are not enough - but let's not forget that progress is being made and the tourism industry in Palestine is getting back to life. It does not cost a fortune and all attractions in thecountry can be visited and enjoyed in a few days due to the small country size. Although Palestine-Net does not work in the tourism business at the moment, we are presenting valuable info for our prospective guests. www.palestine-net.com /tourism   (394 words)

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