Digital Divide and Disadvantaged Populations in E-Tourism

Billy Yfantis; Abel Usoro; Dimitris Tseles

doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1637-0.ch002

Digital Divide and Disadvantaged Populations in E-Tourism

Billy Yfantis, Abel Usoro, Dimitris Tseles

School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Abstract

The tourism sector has changed rapidly since the dawn of the internet revolution in the late 1990s. At the same time, the digital divide has disadvantaged many in developing economies as well as the disabled population. It is interesting to observe, however, that the emerging computer technologies, especially mobile computing, are offering significant opportunities to this disadvantaged population. This chapter discusses these opportunities that increase the participation in and reaping of benefits from tourism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Leveraging Developing Economies with the Use of Information Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Trends and Tools
Editors	Abel Usoro, Grzegorz Majewski, Princely Ifinedo, Iwara Arikpo
Place of Publication	Hershey, PA, USA
Publisher	Idea Group Inc
Pages	15-28
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9781466616370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1637-0.ch002
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Digital Divide and Disadvantaged Populations in E-Tourism. / Yfantis, Billy; Usoro, Abel; Tseles, Dimitris.

Leveraging Developing Economies with the Use of Information Technology: Trends and Tools. ed. / Abel Usoro; Grzegorz Majewski; Princely Ifinedo; Iwara Arikpo. Hershey, PA, USA : Idea Group Inc, 2012. p. 15-28.

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