توظيف تكنولوجيا المعلومات و الاتصالات لتنشيط قطاع السياحة في البصرة : تجربة الصين و الإمارات العربية المتحدة أنموذجا

Abstract EN

The city of Basrah has its components which making it a leading tourist area at the level of Iraq and the world because of its history and diverse nature, and cultural activity is a lot of writers and poets.

After 2003, with the country opening up and increasing numbers of arrivals to the city whether from inside or outside Iraq.

It became necessary attention to the tourism sector and promotion through modern means to develop them and achieve economic returns from them.

The most important of these means Is ICT.

Information and communication technology (Internet and computers) are very important means in business nowadays.

ECommerce, which covered all areas, is known as the process of buying and selling, supply and marketing by using the Internet in particular.

It also includes information exchange (E-Information).

This is because the Internet is longer a global platform that attracts all people.

The tourism sector is the most important sectors.

It employed technology in its work what is so-called (e-tourism) which can be defined as the services they provide information and communication technology for the purpose of completion and promotion the tourist services across different open and closed networks, drawing on the principles and foundations of ecommerce.

We review in this study the concept of e-tourism and the employment of ICTs for the purposes of economic development and to benefit from global experiences in this area.

As well as for the development of the tourism sector in the province of Basrah especially for what it had from natural tourist characteristics and historical and religious locations then stimulate action in this sector.