Establishment of tourism geographic information system to promote field work in tourism management major

Abstract

As an applied discipline, tourism undergraduate education will be improved in practice teaching. With design for the tourism geographic information system, all students will participate in investigation, design, data collection, maintenance and management of the information system, which can undoubtedly improve employability of the students. In particular, in organization of data for the tourism information system, the participants will obtain comprehensive knowledge about tourism resources in the region to establish a complete database. As an applied discipline, tourism undergraduate education will be improved in practice teaching. With design for the tourism geographic information system, all students will participate in investigation, design, data collection, maintenance and management of the information system, which can undoubtedly improve employability of the students. In particular, in organization of data for the tourism information system, the participants will obtain comprehensive knowledge about tourism resources in the region to establish a complete database. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.