{"title":"Factors Adopting E-Travel Website: The Case of Indonesia","authors":"Vera Pujani, Alfitman, Refdinal Nazir","volume":72,"journal":"International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering","pagesStart":3571,"pagesEnd":3577,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/2669","abstract":"
E-travel is travel agency-s companies employing internet and website as e-commerce context. This study presents numerous initial key factors of electronic travel model based on small travel agencies perspectives. Browsing previous studies related to website travel activities are conducted. Five small travel agencies in Indonesia has been deeply interviewed in case studies. The finding of this research is identifying numerous characteristics and dimension factors and travel website operations including ownermanager roles, business experiences, characteristically business, and technological aspects. This study is the preliminary research related to travel website adoption in Indonesia. The further study would be conducted in questionnaires of the quantitative research in Indonesia contexts as a developing country.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Abou-Shouk, Lim & Megicks, 2012, Internet Adoption by trvale\r\nagencies: a case of Egypt, International Journal Research, DOI: 10,\r\n1002,\/jtr.1876.\r\n[2] Abdinnour-Helm,S., & Chapparo, B., 2007, A balanced usability\r\nchecklist approach to evaluate Palestinian hotel website, E-Journal\r\nInformation Systems in Developing Countries, Vol. 31 (2), pp. 1-12.\r\n[3] Asia Foundation, The, 2002, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffSMEs and e-commerce,\r\n(Online),Available:http:\/\/www.asiafoundation.org\/pdf\/SMEsurvey_Indo\r\n.pdf-, Accessed 20 Nov 2004.\r\n[4] Bucy, E.P., et al, 1999 Formal features of cyberspace: relationships\r\nbetween web page complexity and site traffic, Journal of America\r\nSociety for Information Science, Vol. 50, No. 13, p. 1246-1256\r\n[5] Chen, &Yung, 2004, Business model for exploration of travel Websites\r\nin Taiwan, Tourism Management vol.25, pp. 405-407.\r\n[6] Chiou, Lin, & Perng, 2011, A strategic website evaluation of online\r\ntravel Agencies, Tourism Management, 1-11\r\n[7] Delone & McLean, E R., 1992, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffInformation systems success: the quest\r\nfor the dependent variable-, Information Systems Research, vol. 3, no. 1,\r\np.60-95.\r\n[8] Delone & McLean, E R 2002, Information System success revisited,\r\nProceeding of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System\r\nScience.\r\n[9] Delone & McLean, E R 2003, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffThe DeLone and McLean model of\r\ninformation systems success: A ten-year update-, Journal of\r\nmanagement Information Systems, vol. 19, no. 4, p.9-30.\r\n[10] Dyke, T., Kappelman, L., Prybutok, V. 1997, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffMeasuring information\r\nsystems service quality: Concerns on the use of the SERVQUAL\r\nquestionnaire-, MIS Quarterly, vol. 21(2), pp. 195-208.\r\n[11] Kamarulzaman, 2007, Adoption e-shopping in the UK, International\r\nJournal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 35 (9) pp. 703 -\r\n719.\r\n[12] Kazandzhieva, 2010, The Electronic Commerce In The Travel\r\nAgencies, UTMS Journal of Economics, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 67-76.\r\n[13] Kim, Lehtob, & Morrison, 2004, Gender differences in online travel\r\ninformation search: Implications for marketing communications on the\r\ninternet, Tourism Management Vol.28, pp. 423-433.\r\n[14] Law, R., Leung, K., & Wong, J.,2004, The impact of the internet on\r\ntravel agencies, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality\r\nManagement, Vol. 16 (2), pp. 100-107.\r\n[15] Lee, SM., Katerattanakul, P. & Hong, S. 2005, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffFramework for user\r\nperception of effective e-tail web sites-, Journal of Electronic\r\nCommerce in Organizations, vol. 3(1), pp.13-34\r\n[16] Liu, & Arnett, 2002, An examination of Privacy policies in Fortune 500\r\nweb sites, Mid-American Journal of Business, Vol.17, No. 1, P.13-\r\n21Palmer 2002\r\n[17] Martin, 2005, Internet adoption and use in small business: internal\r\nprocesses, organizational culture and the roles of the owner-manager\r\nand key staff, New Technology and Employment, Vol. (20), 3, pp. 190-\r\n204.\r\n[18] Nieto. 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