T3- Travel, Tourism, Technology

As defined by Darcy and Dickson, The Accessible tourism enables people with access requirements, including mobility, vision, hearing and cognitive dimensions of access, to function independently and with equity and dignity through the delivery of universally designed tourism products, services, and environments.  According to the WHO's world report on disability, there are over1 Billion people worldwide with some disability, What are various disabilities and what does this mean for the tourism industry infrastructure; Infrastructure = Transport(Taxis)+Facilities(Airports)+Establishments(Hotels)+Venues( Museums, parks) Walking disability  - on prams, on wheelchairs, slow-moving seniors, senior who cannot climb stairs - need wheelchair access infrastructure, Hearing disability  - people who can walk and see but can not hear - need a sign or other visual modes of communication or vibration senses - need global standard visual directional and instructional signages e...

IoT Stands for the Internet of Things. Internet, the interconnected networks of information, I don't need to explain Things here earlier referred to like anything and now as everything, such as a device, plant, animal, humans or object. with only one condition that it should have an ability to be assigned an IP address so that it can transfer data over the internet. So a thing that can transfer data over the internet and the internet as a communication medium are together referred to as the Internet of Things. We understand manmade objects can be built-in with capabilities of being able to transfer data but how can a man, plant or animal transfer data. They can with the use of chips and wearable devices. Archives say that Kevin Ashton of MIT was the first one to use this term and proposed the convergence of wireless communication technology and microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMS), enabling data generated by the machines to be available to drive improvements, unifying ...