Malacca Tourism WAP Portal

Tourism sector is a leading revenue generator and an umbrella industry in Malaysia.
Malacca has been chosen as the scope of study because tourism industry in Malacca has
experienced a rapid and continuous growth. Nowadays, time is considered as valuable as
gold. Once time is used sensibly, access to a lot of information is possible. Currently,
tourists visiting Malacca having problem to search for information using paper maps.
Important information such as available transportation (bus number, taxi phone number,
fare), distance form one place to another place are not available in paper maps. This is
because paper maps are only able to show limited information mainly determined by the
map size. Tourists who want to go sightseeing in different places may need this
information to plan their travel. Therefore, Malacca Tourism WAP Portal aims to ease
tourists to find information about places of interest and sightseeing in Malacca using
hand phone in connection with WAP service. This project covers two main areas which
are GIS in tourism and WAP Based GIS. The realization of Malacca Tourism WAP
Portal starts when user accesses the application and make request. Thgj-equest will be
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conclusion, Malacca Tourism WAP Portal aim to benefit tourists by providing essential
information about tourism places in Malacca. Tourists can find information regarding
tourism places (address, open hour, etc.), nearest hotel to stay and also travel
information which includes available transportation, distance and others. This become as
an alternative way to get information and beside that can assist them to make decision
during their visit in Malacca.