WWW as an Information Resource for International Tourism

Abstract

This article examines functional capabilities corresponding to the world trends of using the World Wide Web in international tourism. The use of information and innovation potential of the Internet makes it possible to identify three areas of information support for tourism, such as information and reference resources, information and communication space and information and virtual resources that enable the development of a new type of tourism – e-tourism – based on the innovative technologies. The content of the areas and directions of development are analyzed in the article.