GIS for Tourism & Planning

GIS
for
Tourism
&
Planning

Presented
BY Garet
Couch,
GISP

What
is
GIS
? Geographic Information System 
 Geographical
Informa;on
Systems
can
be
regarded
as
 providing
a
toolbox
of
techniques
and
technologies
of
wide
 applicability
to
the
achievement
of
sustainable
tourism
 development.

What
is
Geographic
Data? •

Subjec=ve
abstrac=on
of
real‐world

features

•

Portrays
spa=al
rela=onships

Destinations Topography Transportation Tribal Boundaries Streams / Rivers

GIS
links
geography
and
aDributes Each
feature
corresponds
to
a
record
in
the
table +1

+2

+4 +3

Geographic Data

Geographic Link

FID = 4103 (Feature Identifier)

Attribute Data

A
GIS
is… …a system for the Management, Analysis, Visualization and Dissemination of Geographic Information…

How
Does
GIS
Apply
to
Tourism

GIS
in
tourism
can
have
advantages
to
both
tourists
and
for
 the
tourism
development
authori=es • Advantages
for
the
Tourists – Visualiza;on
of
tourist
sites • Seeing
what’s
available
in
the
area
they
want
to
travel – Valuable
informa;on
on
tourist
loca;ons
can
be
embedded
in
the
GIS. • Videos • Photos • Product
brochures – Selec;ve
informa;on
e.g
route
planning,
accommoda;on,
cultural
events,
special
 aKrac;ons
etc.
 – Easily
accessible
informa;on
over
the
internet
(Web
Based
GIS) – Interac;ve
maps
that
respond
to
user
queries

GIS
in
tourism
can
have
advantages
to
both
tourists
and
for
 the
tourism
development
authori=es • Advantages
to
development
authori=es – Knowing
where
your
customers
are
coming
from – Planning • Regional
marke;ng • Community
Infrastructure
 – Transporta;on – U;li;es – 
Zoning – Planning
for
new
site
selec;ons • Do
you
have
the
necessary
space? • Where
are
the
u;li;es? • Will
you
need
to
upgrade
the
transporta;on
infrastructure
to
accommodate
the
 addi;onal
traffic?

Tourism
Marke=ng
and
where
GIS
Comes
in Fun
Facts
from
the
web.. • 50%
of
German
tourists
use
Internet
to
get
 informa;on
on
des;na;ons.1 • "Internet
will
account
for
25%
of
travel
 purchases
within
the
next
five
years."
2 • “…Predicted
to
be
the
next
revolu;on
in
travel
 technology.
…
Wai;ng
for
the
customer
to
 come
to
you
is
no
longer
enough.“3 •

GIS
Has
a
role
in
each
of
these
areas
 ITA World Tourism Organization Business Council 3 Josef G. Margreiter, President, IFITT 1 2

GIS
in
Tourism
is
just
the
start
for
Indian
Country Integra=ng
GIS
into
tribal
government
makes
for
a
beDer
informed
 government
that
can
make
ac=onable
decisions
based
on
real
world
data

GIS Database

Tribal Enterprise GIS Provides a Framework for Integrating GIS Across the Tribe Community Development

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Transportation

Natural Resources

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Tourism

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e

Finance

Planning

Cultural

Sharing
Tribal
Geographic
Knowledge

Tribal Council

The
road
ahead
for
GIS
in
Indian
Country
Tourism

Current
state
of
GIS
for
Tourism
in
Indian
Country Where
are
the
tourist
des=na=ons
in
Indian
country
?

?

AIANTA
&
NTGISC Currently
AIANTA
and
NTGISC
are
collabora;ng
to
 develop
a
na;on
wide
GIS
system
for
Tourism
in
Indian
 Country.
To
showcase
what
Indian
Country
has
to
offer
 in
one
easy
to
access
site.


An
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
GIS
in
Indian
Country

Questions ?

Open
discussion
/
panel
discussion
to
follow
presenta=on Pannelists Ed
Hall
–
AIANTA,
Bureau
of
Indian
Affairs Frank
Harjo,
GISP
–
NTGISC,
Creek
Na;on
of
Oklahoma Garet
Couch,
GISP
–
NTGISC,
Wind
Environmental
Services

Thank
You

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