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How Technology is
Revolutionizing the Travel
& Tourism Domain?
How augmentation of technology has changed and
influenced everyone concerned about travel
he fact that almost all of Travel & win situation for everybody in
technology industry purely revolves the picture, low-cost skilled
Taround technology is a no-brainer. Offline work for the companies and
ticketing businesses and travel agencies are a fantastic end result for the
shutting down at a fast pace and the reason users to enjoy. User interface
is being irrelevant to the market that is in; a goes a long way in roping
market whose consumers rely heavily on tech. in a customer. Exceedingly
‘Offline’ is not even on the radar as the term great front fascia coupled with
‘OTA’ stands for Online Travel Aggregators and seamless back-end algorithms
travel counsellors/ agents are being replaced getting bookings done to
by curated content which is available online. exact precision has resulted
The reason being a traveller’s psyche is a lot in hassle-free experiences
different compared to what it was a few years for everybody. This has been
ago, solo trips and group of friends trips are purely dealt with the quality
becoming the norm, as the trends show a of tech development present
steady decline in conventional family trips. in-house and the constant
ability for restructuring by
Growth of Internet Users the day has got travel tech to
Desktop or websites bookings are the where it is now. Asia leads its
mainstays for travel bookings, including air way when it comes to mobile
tickets and hotels. But the trend is shifting booking, surpassing Europe
focus towards mobile apps with people gaining and the Americas, largely due
trust gradually. Online travel booking has to the stern competition and
been around in India since the early 2000s, constant development the
but much like other online services, it was OTAs of the Southeast, middle
considered fraudulent and not advisable. east and the subcontinent
Mobile phone usage drastically in the mid- has kept themselves in.
2000s, with 400 million internet users in India Spokespersons say the
alone, much has been given to the growth booming travel tourism in
of online-based services in spite of the early these regions and the great
lack of interest. IT boom in the country has consumer responsibility the
given its own talent pool, giving birth to locals have shown overall is key.
better software every day, has its share in the Change in Approach
booming online travel booking industry.
Travellers don’t want to take guides anymore,
Startups and the IT Industry or so seems to be the trend. More and more
Talking about the Tech – IT relationship, travellers believe in ‘authentic’ experiences
startups in India eying into the travel market, rather than the fixed itinerary of the old.
hit jackpot when they didn’t have to go Immersing into the local culture while seeing
overseas for development. This meant a win- everything there is to see is the top priority
now. You see, if you already haven’t visited a
