02273nas|a2200229 i 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000210007324500720009426000520016630000230021849000270024150001350026850200570040352013150046065000230177570000360179870000480183470000370188281000590191985600650197820260818090308.0230799s1998    th  u m rtt   0|  a1eng d  a.b117564080 aCho Thandar Lwin10aDesign option for presenting Myanmar tourist information on the Web  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1998  a60, [2] p. :bill.1 aThesis ;vno. IM-98-09  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Advanced Technologies  aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998  aThe tourist industry depends heavily on providing timely and high-quality information to  potential travelers. Most countries and many tourist organizations now market their tourist  attractions on the Web. For travelers, there are several advantages to getting information from  the Web: the information is free of charge (unlike travel books), easy and quick to search, and  (mostly) up-to-date. The objective of creating travel and tourism home pages is first, to create  interests of the marketed destination. Second, to provide information on the destination. And  third, to encourage people to visit the country. The success of Web sites in attracting travelers  depends both on their quality of presentation (attractiveness) and their depth of information as  compared to travel books. This thesis analyses the features of 25 national tourist Web sites  worldwide and proposes a design option for such sites. Based on interviews in Yangon, it then  characterizes the range of information collected and managed by the Ministry of Hotels and  Tourism in Myanmar. In light of this available information, the thesis refers to "best practice"  features from tourism sites worldwide to design a site appropriate to Myanmar. It uses  multimedia tools to propose an effective use of graphics and moving images.  0aWeb siteszMyanmar1 aBaker, Thomas H.,eChairperson 1 aBatanov, Dentcho N.,eExamination Committee1 aYulu, Qi,eExamination Committee2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. IM-98-09  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B12858