Identifying and prioritizing new business opportunities in the electronic tourism industry of Chabahar City

• Main Authors: H. Aramesh, M. Zivdar, M. Riki, Z.S. Saljooghi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran Muncipality 2019-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management
• Subjects: Keywords: new business; electronic tourism industry; Chabahar city
• Online Access: http://www.ijhcum.net/article_34915_b67ca123606393e2c3bbf1d7d3455120.pdf

Information technology as a more intermediary utilizes the science of the day to provide the necessary data for the specialists, organizations, and ultimately all types of groups in the shortest possible time and in the best possible way. Many countries believe that entrepreneurship has played an indispensable role in improving productivity and economic growth. Since the benefits of tourism industry in the regional process through the creation of foreign exchange earnings lead to economic growth and in the local procedures through the creation of jobs the consistent distribution of income will improve lives of the people, developing countries see the prosperity of tourism as a way for the economic development in all aspects. The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize new business opportunities in the electronic tourism industry of Chabahar city. In the present article which conducted in 2018 thirty people were selected from the active tourism industry in the area for the research sample.  Expert choice software was used to analyze the data. Smart advertising opportunities with a coefficient of 0.221, smart commerce with a coefficient of 0.191, smart residency with a coefficient of 0.172, smart navigation with a coefficient of 0.131, intelligent transportation with a coefficient of 0.113, smart routing with a coefficient of 0.092, Smart data with a coefficient of 0.049, and smart training with coefficient 0.029 were recognized as new businesses in the industry of Chabahar.