<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Introduction. Currently tourist activity management is in need of creating special conditions for the development of integrated management tools based on the general information and analytical base. Material and methods. The creation of architecture and the content of geoinformation and hybrid information systems are oriented at the usage of the Integrated Tourist Spaces Management (ITSM) to set up a specific claim related to the features of management model. The authors created the concept of tourist space. The information and the analytical system are used to create the information model of tourist space. Information support development of ITSM system is a sort of a hybrid system: an expert system constructed on the basis of GIS. Results and conclusions. By means of GIS collecting, storage, analysis and graphic visualization of spatial data and the related information on the objects presented in an expert system is provided. The offered approach leads to the formation of an information system and the analytical maintenance of not only human decision-making, but it also promotes the creation of new tourist products based on more and more differentiated inquiries of clients or a ratio of the price and quality (from the point of view of satisfaction of inquiries).</p></abstract>

Introduction. Currently tourist activity management is in need of creating special conditions for the development of integrated management tools based on the general information and analytical base. Material and methods. The creation of architecture and the content of geoinformation and hybrid information systems are oriented at the usage of the Integrated Tourist Spaces Management (ITSM) to set up a specific claim related to the features of management model. The authors created the concept of tourist space. The information and the analytical system are used to create the information model of tourist space. Information support development of ITSM system is a sort of a hybrid system: an expert system constructed on the basis of GIS. Results and conclusions. By means of GIS collecting, storage, analysis and graphic visualization of spatial data and the related information on the objects presented in an expert system is provided. The offered approach leads to the formation of an information system and the analytical maintenance of not only human decision-making, but it also promotes the creation of new tourist products based on more and more differentiated inquiries of clients or a ratio of the price and quality (from the point of view of satisfaction of inquiries).

Geoinformation Systems as a Tool of the Integrated Tourist Spaces Management

Belarusian State University of Physical Culture, Institute of Tourism Minsk

Moscow State University of Tourism and Service, Smolensk Branch

Moscow State University of Tourism and Service, Department of Service

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. Currently tourist activity management is in need of creating special conditions for the development of integrated management tools based on the...

Geoinformation Systems as a Tool of the Integrated Tourist Spaces Management

Published Online: Nov 20, 2014

Page range: 174 - 177

Received: Feb 13, 2014

Accepted: May 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjst-2014-0017

© by Victor Kolesnikovich

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