Valeriia Savchuk

Lviv Polytechnic National University · Department of Information Systems and Networks

The paper analyses a number of advanced mobile information technologies in the sphere of tourism. A large volume of information has been processed to determine the main areas of development and improvement of tourism mobile information technologies. Mobile information technologies are built both for tourists and for travel agencies. In this paper,...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the possibilities of GPS-technology (Global Positioning System) in the tourism industry. The study is devoted to the identification and analysis of functionality of mobile computing devices equipped with GPS receiver in tourism industry, the methods and means of their implementation, building on this basis...

The article has the form of an analytical review of new information technologies in tourism. The author presents the most important characteristics of the research made by leading specialists in e-tourism industry. The analysis of the impact of research works is made and a number of urgent problems in IT-oriented tourism sector are found.

The main goal of the article is generalization of intellectual innovation project of information system "Mobile information assistant of the tourist" (MIAT), which provide a full-featured integrated information and technological support to tourists during planning and implementation stages of his journey using a wide range of modern information tec...

The paper is devoted to the project of mobile information system for providing safety recommendations during the trip. The topicality of the research is caused by the rapid growth of tourism industry all over the world. According to the latest news, Ukrainian aviation companies had fewer plains then needed for 2018 summer vacation period. The deep...

This paper is devoted to the problem of communication of people with hearing disabilities during the tourist trip. The Ukrainian Sign Language is taken into account. The analysis of sing language translation systems is given in the paper. The authors are working on the “Tourist sign translation system” as a component of “Mobile information assistan...

This paper is devoted to the architecture of the subsystem of the tourist profile formation. Three main steps of the process of providing the user with personalized content are presented. The model of informational and technological support of the tourist profile formation process is developed. Methods of forming the person’s psychological profile...

The paper is devoted to decision-making processes modelling in the field of tourism. Before developing models a wide range of information sources was analysed and its result is described in the paper. To develop models Petri nets method was chosen. The following models are described in the paper: Tourist travelling process model, Tourist preference...

Traditional software products that are focused on stationary PCs remain as important means of information marketing tools and information technology support for businesses in the sphere of tourism. However, more and more tourists are using their mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) for planning their next trip, studying tourism destinations, booki...

A group of researchers of the Lviv Polytechnic National University and “Bucovina University” are developing the project of intelligent information system to support and maintain the tourist at all stages of his journey – "Mobile Information Assistant of the Tourists" ("MIAT") The book is devoted to the problem of safety during tourist trips and fol...

The authors suggested and described the architecture of the mobile tourist information system "Mobile information assistant of the tourist" (MIAT), that differs from existing analogs by the presence of user individual characteristics analysis module (character type, age, gender, education, personal preferences, etc.) in this work. The authors have...

The article is devoted to modern tendency and problems in the development of information technologies in the sphere of tourism. The aim of this paper is system analysis and identification of prospective areas of information technology in the field of tourism. The basic trends shaping the prospects for improvement in the information technology tools...