Implementing Online Community Website on Jordan Tourism Industry

• Main Author: Al-Kaseasbeh, Hazem Mohammad
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HM Sociology.
• Online Access: http://etd.uum.edu.my/2200/1/Hazem_Mohammad_Al-Kaseasbeh.pdf; http://etd.uum.edu.my/2200/2/1.Hazem_Mohammad_Al-Kaseasbeh.pdf; http://etd.uum.edu.my/2200/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000757662

The Web 2.0 is bringing great and rapid changes to the web application. Among all the websites based on Web 2.0, tourism websites are making a difference. The travel experience, photos and video are all resources to be shared in the tourism websites based on Web 2.0. Jordan, a country heavily depends on tourism industry, is in a lack of tourism website based on Web 2.0. Cultural heritage is playing a big role in the tourism in Jordan, so it is very important to use the Web 2.0 to transfer its intangible value into tangible evidence such as written documents or photos. In this study, the researcher aims to develop a tourism website about Jordanian sites based on Web 2.0 to solve this problem. This research will be done following the Spiral research methodology; it is expected to boost the tourism industry in Jordan.