Does Information Technology Have Effect on Tourism Industry Performance?

Abstract

Abstract. The rapid development of information technology as well as its wide application has produced a widespread impact on social and economic life. No industry can avoid participating in the process of "revolution", including tourism industry. Changes in the travel distribution system brought by information technology are the hot research fields. Substantial researches are concerned with the impact of e-Tourism and the changes of business model. However, how information technology can be used toimprove theperformance of tourism enterprises has not been concerned enough. Data-sharing model which is now widely used in large International Conglomerate is the product of the business expansion and information technology. This paper tries to find the tourism economy which has become to an important part of our national economy with the application of information technology.