MyTourGuide.com: A Framework of a Location-Based services for tourism industry

In this information era, tour information can be transferred freely among travelers and between travelers with tourism related business parties. However, travelers face the problem of too much and overwhelming information as there are many sources of tour information in the internet which is not filtered according to the user's preferences. The above problems and needs are the reasons for us to propose Mytourguide with the business goal of providing solutions for travelers along tourist life cycle as well as tourism related business parties. The business model for Mytourguide is business to business (B2B) and business to customer (B2C). The main services for B2B is providing web hosting services for tourism related business parties and providing a platform for them to share and promote their business. For B2C, the unique service of Mytourguide is the Location-Based System in mobile application for travelers as well as trip planning and sharing module through Mytourguide.com tourism web portal.