The impact of WiMAX on developing location-based services in tourism

الملخص EN

During the last decade, a great development has been occurred in mobile phones.

this development has resulted in increase of location-based services (lbss).the study emphasizes the importance of location-based services for tourism sector, difference between Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology , and impact of WiMAX on location-based services in tourism.

the methodology of the research depends on both quantitative and qualitative approach.

this study concludes that there is a need to integrate efforts of some governmental bodies such as the ministry of tourism, the ministry of communication and technology, the ministry of monuments, and the technology operators.

this integration would help to produce a robust database of the monuments, hotels, restaurants, road maps, etc., which could, in turn, boost the application of WiMAX in tourism location-based services.