DocumentCode
2163166
Title
Review on the websites and virtual tourism of World Heritage sites in China
Author
Hongmei, Dong
Author_Institution
School of Management, Xi´´an University of Science and Technology, China
fYear
2010
fDate
4-6 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
6112
Lastpage
6114
Abstract
The virtual tourism, as a new form of tourism, caters to the needs of tourists in internet era, and has become a focused issue. Virtual tourism has been used in the websites of tourism scenic spots. World heritage sites in China are world famous tourist attractions, in their websites the virtual tourism developed is symbolic and representative, and it is important for advertising and protecting the heritage resources. The Article analyzed the websites construction and virtual tourism application in the 38 World Heritage sites, and divided the virtual tourism showed in World Heritage websites into four types.
Keywords
Advertising; Educational institutions; Geography; Internet; Sun; Three dimensional displays; Virtual reality; Virtual tourism; development; websites; world heritage site;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Science and Engineering (ICISE), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Hangzhou, China
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7616-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICISE.2010.5691830
Filename
5691830
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