The Effect Of Electronic Tourism In Enabling The Disabled Tourists To Communicate With The Touristic And Archaeological Sites Case Study – Jordan

Since the early 1980s, the information and communication revolution created radical changes in the international tourist industry in all the advanced and developing societies even though the said changes were relatively slow in the developing countries. Electronic tourism dominated tourist industry on the international level. For example, identifying tourist Sites electronically has become a reality by connecting the disabled tourists with the information and communication technology (ICT) as a facility to enhance and enrich their capabilities to recognize tourist sites. Assistive technology includes all the modern technology means used by the disabled to get to know the tourist and archaeological sites, through the various technological techniques incorporated in this digital technology such as adjusted keyboards, software to read the texts shown on the screen through a voice produced by the computer and the technology that enables the disabled to communicate through the computer by means of computers that work by eye movement, in addition to other developed devices by using a number of specialized software like Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote sensing (RS) and Digital Modeling (DM) and other data. The study indicated that the information and communication technology applications have significant impact pushing the disabled tourism development forward, and empowering the tourists of this category, starting from identifying the tourist sites and ending with remote booking. However, many Arab countries suffer from weak investment in the infrastructure of the information and communication technology related to the disabled category as this technology is only used as a promotional propaganda, and their tourist offers through their websites lack the modern software that help the disabled to communicate with tourist locations

Towards Sustainable Documentation of Geographical Names of Touristic and Heritage Sites in Occupied Jerusalem Using Geographical Information System (GIS)

Geographical Information System (GIS) is an important tool in documenting and managing archaeological and heritage sites in the city of Jerusalem in order to benefit from its high capabilities in monitoring, documentation, analysis, presentation and other capabilities required by the documentation of archaeological and heritage sites in Jerusalem with their Arabic names, which deal with large amounts of spatial and descriptive data, also to maximize the use of spatial data collected on archaeological and heritage sites in Jerusalem, and the conversion of geographical databases electronically, which allows more than one user or management access to data and modifying it simultaneously, which saves a lot of time, effort and cost in medium to long term, giving later a wide horizon for disseminating data and designing practical applications, and contributing to the electronic and comprehensive documentation processes of archaeological and heritage sites in the city of Jerusalem in a sustainable manner. The study has concluded that it is important to adopt modern technology systems in documenting Arabic names of heritage sites in order to preserve these names for future generations and to resist the Judaization and preservation of these names over time. Moreover, this study recommended to adopt the proposed documentation system and to expand the processes of building electronic databases to Jerusalem and other Palestinian cities in order to sustainably protect it based on scientific foundations that contribute in providing the electronic database. Keywords: Geographic Information System (GIS), Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS), Logical Model, Physical Model, (RS) Remote Sensing), occupied Jerusalem.

Digital Models Used in Documenting the Mosaic Areas

Digital models are considered the most important in documenting the mosaic floors tools. So, take advantage of the high capabilities in monitoring and documentation, analysis and manifesting required by the mosaic floors and murals. Also, these digital models dealing with large amounts of spatial and metadata. This means that the use of the large data that is collected from the mosaic floors and electronic transfers, which allows more than one user to access or manage and edit them to give wider dissemination horizon. Consequently, they contribute to the electronic documents for floors mosaic mural. This study shows that the numerical models can be used to perform various analyzes in documenting mosaic flooring. Keywords: Geographic Information System (GIS), spatial support decision-making (SDSS), remote sensing (RS), digital modeling (DM), mosaic floors (MF

Marketing the Therapeutic Tourist Sites in Jordan Using Geographic Information System

In light of the growing demand on therapeutic tourism that has become a very important element in the creation of the tourism, economic and social development domestically and internationally. It is also a significant economic resource, particularly, to the States with limited resources. This study came to rehabilitate a successful means in the field of e-tourism marketing using the Geographic Information System (GIS). Moreover, tackling a practical example through using the (GIS) in marketing of the therapeutic tourism websites in Jordan in this study has also enhanced its important. Keywords: Geographic Information System (GIS), Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS), E-Marketing, E-Tourism, Jordan

Cyber Security Applications in the Modern Tourism Industry

The main objective of the study is to demonstrate the importance of cyber security in the applications of the modern tourism industry, and to study the most important safe practices in the preservation of digital databases in all aspects of the modern tourism industry, including airlines, travel & tourism offices, and facilities of hospitality. It aims to enhance the security of the electronic information policy, both Descriptive and Spatial, securing digital networks, and providing possible tools and means for the sustainable preservation of digital databases, in order to achieve all the competitive and comparative advantages of all parties to the modern tourism industry, through helping decision makers to understand the importance of adopting cybersecurity in all inputs of the tourism and hospitality industry in the current century, in light of the enormous expansion in the concepts of smart tourism. The study found out the importance of cybersecurity along with physical security in tourism, which is the most important key in the process of development, marketing and management of tourist sites at the time being. Keywords: E-Tourism, Cyber Security, Cyber Space, Cyber Governance, Cloud Computing, Cyber Risks. DOI: 10.7176/JTHS/43-05 Publication date:September 30th 201

The Role of the Transformational Leadership in Enhancing the Social Responsibility at the Five Stars Hotels in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

This study was conducted to discuss the Transformational Leadership's role (TL) in enhancing the social responsibility at the Five Stars Hotels in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Thus, a random sample of (TL) was chosen. Moreover, reliable statistical tools, such as, Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ), Social Responsibility Questionnaire (SRQ), and a List of Social Responsibility Questioner to community leaders, besides deviation standards, t- test, multi regression, simple regression, Ch2, one- way ANOVA, and Person Correlation Coefficient were used. Outcomes of the study revealed that there were no significant statistical differences under level (a £ 0.05) of enduring the social responsibility that was attributed to leadership level from views of the administrative leaders at the private Five Star Hotels and community leaders.  Also, the findings showed that there were no statistical differences under the level (a £ 0.05), between the administrative leaders' exercising of the dimensions of transformational leadership, and the degree of enduring the social responsibility at the same hotels. Keywords: Transformational leadership, social responsibility, sustainable tourism, enabled sustainability, Hotel Management, Jordan

Factors Affecting Domestic Tourism Promotion in Jordan: A Case Study of the Official Media

This paper deals with the impact of the Jordanian media in stimulating domestic tourism. When studied under various aspects, this study is deducted to evaluate the general trend of the official media and its role in increasing the size of domestic tourism in Jordan. The scientific case of this study is about the weakness of the Jordanian domestic tourism compared with the International Tourism. This is in addition to the official media's role regarding this issue. In this study, it had been concluded that the official media provides good results in the promotion of domestic tourism. Nevertheless, there are still many obstacles which continue to get in the way of the efforts which aim to develop and widen the prospects of domestic tourism in Jordan. The study pointed out a number of recommendations. One of the most important recommendations was that all media used for Tourism purposes in Jordan needs to be developed regarding the content, not the design. Also, the content should provide a real message about how an affordable domestic tourism can be appropriate and suitable for the Jordanian family. In addition, in-depth studies on the impact of the new media and its known tools to promote domestic Tourism should be developed