Tourism and technology

Associate Director

Dr Ulrich Speidel
ulrich.speidel@aut.ac.nz

 

NZTRI’s tourism and technology research programme area sets out to strengthen collaborative and interdisciplinary research and development projects that integrate the key themes of technology, tourism, social and economic well-being.

Areas of interest include:

  • helping firms, communities and destinations to maximise the opportunities associated with using technologies that enhance communication and information exchange in tourism
  • the use of ICT in tourism and community development and community informatics
  • the role of ICT in sustainable tourism development
  • tourism SME networks and ICT
  • information management in the cultural/heritage sector
  • ICT and tourism planning/policy
  • ICT impacts of tourism distribution channels and industry structure
  • ICT adoption and open-source solutions for tourism


Tourism and Technology Projects

 

Brochure (pdf)