A web based smart city tour application for tourists around the globe
Date
2021
Authors
Obonyo, John Oduor
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Strathmore University
Abstract
The number of people on tours has been increasing around the world, continuing to
strengthen and develop the tourism industry. With many cities and attraction sites
around the globe, tourists might only have quality information about a few. This
creates a challenge of the quality of information, in terms of time and accuracy, that
tourists get when they visit new places. The current systems that are used do not
facilitate provision of timely and accurate information, for some, to the tourists when
on the move. The proposed system plans to solve this challenge by creating a smart
application that will be used by tourists around the globe. The application will allow
users to fill in their interests while on tours anywhere around the world, then it analyses
those interests and create a travelling schedule for the users of the place they are
visiting based on what they like. The proposed system will be a web-based application
that uses HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript programming technique. Data and
information will be stored in a database connected to the system. The MySQL database
management system will be used to create, manage, and maintain the database. Google
Maps and PHP Mailer APIs will be used to fetch the users’ location and send some
reminder emails to the user. The system will be developed using the Prototyping
System Development method. This method will allow for continuous revision of the
system as progress is made in development. This will enable achieving a quality
system that meets the user’s requirements.
Description
An Information System Project Proposal submitted to the Faculty of
Information Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award
of a Degree in Business Information Technology