Why Should Travel & Tourism Businesses Shift To Mobile Apps?

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February 2021

Travel and tourism industry is one of the strong suits of a developed nation. In a developing nation like Saudi Arabia & Dubai, tourism travels are increasing at a rate of 4.8%. Moreover, there are almost 11 million travelers who reached the country in the first half of 2020. Technology has a great contribution towards face-lifting several countries, their image and reputation. Thanks to handy devices, such as a smartphone, all necessary info about any destination is now available through mobile apps, or otherwise.

Travel agents typically offer consultation services if one has to reach a destination, may it be for work or vacation. Aside from charging a hefty sum, these travel agents sometimes do not come clean which might give you a terrible experience. To counter this, companies and entrepreneurs have come up with a brilliant idea to develop travel apps that cut out the middleman.

The idea is to develop a platform where people can come and look up places, book hotels, see the weather forecast, all under one roof. Let’s analyze this in detail:

 

Makes A One-Stop-Shop for Everyone

Nowadays, applications that offer the most services are considered the best, may it be web-based or mobile-based. For a tourist, they would rather want to browse an application that offers them updated search, booking, and hotels. This also includes information on famous places and even an integrated map.

 

Travel Apps Provide Easy of Booking

People nowadays mostly look towards ease of access. Manual planning of holidays is harder and takes a lot of time away if one calls in the “experts”. These, as discussed earlier, are travel agents who are just not the trend of today. Majority of the tourists have smart devices through which they look up places. Having travel apps in a device means that there is no need to visit an agent since all information is readily available in your phone.

 

Insight to Travel Destinations

How many times have you thought about wanting to look at your travel destination before you travel? A case with most people, travel & tourism apps like YallaSaudia and EticHotels offer great views of hotels and destinations, so you know what to expect when you reach your venue. Traditional forms of travel business may offer photos, but it is convenient to keep the pictures in an application which you can open at any time.

 

Travel Apps Ease Payment Methods

One of the huge advantage users get is the simplification of transactions and payment methods. With less paperwork involved, travel apps have entirely curtailed the old processes. Convenient and practical, mobile transactions send receipts to your mailing address, which you cannot lose. Sometimes you might not even require to carry a hard receipt as long as you have one inside your phone.

It’s safe to say that none of this would be possible if online transactions had not improved as much as they have. Users now have the option to pay for a trip entirely through cards, negating the need to carry any cash at all.

The ease and accessibility of the Internet have revolutionized entire business industries. Those who understand the importance of shifting to digital marketing have a bigger edge on the competition. Similarly, shifting your business to travel apps is a great marketing method and an investment that can lead to greater returns. At ARFASOFTECH, we understand how important travel apps have become leading in the race of providing safe, efficient, and great tourism.

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Fahad Ali, Author

Fahad is PM at ARFASOFTECH but has a knack for writing. He enjoys writing about the latest technologies and evolving trends. Most of his writings revolve around trending technologies and their integration into operations.

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