gis for tourism & planning - aianta.org

GISforTourism&Planning

PresentedBYGaretCouch,GISP

WhatisGIS?

Geographic InformationSystem

GeographicalInforma;onSystemscanberegardedasprovidingatoolboxoftechniquesandtechnologiesofwideapplicabilitytotheachievementofsustainabletourismdevelopment.

DestinationsTopographyTransportationTribal BoundariesStreams / Rivers

WhatisGeographicData?

• Subjec=veabstrac=onofreal‐worldfeatures

• Portraysspa=alrela=onships

FID = 4103(Feature Identifier)

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GISlinksgeographyandaDributes

Eachfeaturecorrespondstoarecordinthetable

Geographic Data Geographic Link Attribute Data

AGISis…

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

HowDoesGISApplytoTourism

GISintourismcanhaveadvantagestobothtouristsandforthetourismdevelopmentauthori=es

• AdvantagesfortheTourists– Visualiza;onoftouristsites

• Seeingwhat’savailableintheareatheywanttotravel

– Valuableinforma;onontouristloca;onscanbeembeddedintheGIS.

• Videos

• Photos

• Productbrochures

– Selec;veinforma;one.grouteplanning,accommoda;on,culturalevents,specialaKrac;onsetc.

– Easilyaccessibleinforma;onovertheinternet(WebBasedGIS)

– Interac;vemapsthatrespondtouserqueries

GISintourismcanhaveadvantagestobothtouristsandforthetourismdevelopmentauthori=es

• Advantagestodevelopmentauthori=es– Knowingwhereyourcustomersarecomingfrom

– Planning

• Regionalmarke;ng

• CommunityInfrastructure

– Transporta;on

– U;li;es

– Zoning

– Planningfornewsiteselec;ons

• Doyouhavethenecessaryspace?

• Wherearetheu;li;es?

• Willyouneedtoupgradethetransporta;oninfrastructuretoaccommodatetheaddi;onaltraffic?

• 50%ofGermantouristsuseInternettogetinforma;onondes;na;ons.1

• "Internetwillaccountfor25%oftravelpurchaseswithinthenextfiveyears."2

• “…Predictedtobethenextrevolu;onintraveltechnology.…Wai;ngforthecustomertocometoyouisnolongerenough.“3

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1 ITA2 World Tourism Organization Business Council3 Josef G. Margreiter, President, IFITT

TourismMarke=ngandwhereGISComesin

FunFactsfromtheweb..

GISHasaroleineachoftheseareas

GISinTourismisjustthestartforIndianCountry

Integra=ngGISintotribalgovernmentmakesforabeDerinformedgovernmentthatcanmakeac=onabledecisionsbasedonrealworlddata

Database

GIS

Natural Resources

Finance

Tourism

CommunityDevelopment

Transportation

Tribal Enterprise GISProvides a Framework for Integrating GIS Across the Tribe

SharingTribalGeographicKnowledge

Planning

GIS Infrastructure

Tribal Council

Cultural

TheroadaheadforGISinIndianCountryTourism

Wherearethetouristdes=na=onsinIndiancountry?

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CurrentstateofGISforTourisminIndianCountry

AIANTA&NTGISC

CurrentlyAIANTAandNTGISCarecollabora;ngtodevelopana;onwideGISsystemforTourisminIndianCountry.ToshowcasewhatIndianCountryhastoofferinoneeasytoaccesssite.

AnopportunitytolearnmoreaboutGISinIndianCountry

Questions ?

Opendiscussion/paneldiscussiontofollowpresenta=on

PannelistsEdHall–AIANTA,BureauofIndianAffairs

FrankHarjo,GISP–NTGISC,CreekNa;onofOklahomaGaretCouch,GISP–NTGISC,WindEnvironmentalServices

ThankYou

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