Abstract

The appearance and development of network promoted electronic commerce appear, it has experienced five development processes till now. In the twenty first century, e-commerce becomes more energetic and develops very increasingly, it even applies to tourism industry. Through the comparison between traditional tourism and e-commerce tourism, it is the inevitable product of social development. The combination brings more opportunities for travel agency. This paper focuses on describing some application examples about network platforms. What’s more, there are some problems when it applies to tourism, and the author will give some suggestions about how to deal with these problems.

Keywords: e-commerce; e-commerce tourism; application examples

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-1

2.1 The definition of e-commerce-1

2.2 The origin of e-commerce-2

2.3 The combination of e-commerce and tourism-3

3.Differences between traditional tourism and e-commerce tourism-4

3.1 Marketing mode-5

3.2 Way of contact-6

3.3 Mode of payment-7

4. E-commerce application to Tourism and Suggestions-7

4.1 Booking hotel and tickets-7

4.2 Making tour plans-8

5. Conclusion-11

Works Cited-14