pacebook: distributed tourism services

23-26 FEB 2012

MASHHAD’sService Design JAM

DistributedTourism

PaceBook

• Introduction

• Values

• Our Service Design techniques

• Services

• Advantages & Disadvantages

• Team members

IntroductionOur main idea was around Jam's theme "Planet Earth" by determining tourist

industry gaps and sustainablity problems.

The key factor of our idea is about Distributed Turism and it derived from

Distributed Economy for improving sustainability.

What is Pacebook?

Pacebook consisted of two words: pace + book. In fact, it is a book to pace.

Pacebook provides an integrated space for both travellers and tourism service

providers.

How it works?

Pacebook based on four traveller's main approach:

Destinations: Pacebook provides services for destinations i.e. finding locations,

making new tourist attractions...

Time: services for managing Tourists times and time consumption optimization.

For example, network system participants can produce applications in order to

control traveller's leisure times...

Cooperation: Service participants are network law makers. All service users and

participants are involved in policies by establishing control board. members

cooperate in policy making and demands control.

Paths: Links between tourists attractions.

Facilities: all traveling resources, tools and devices such as houses, beds, boots,

backpacks etc.

Information: This system provides a suitable context for information sharing such

as traveling experiences, books, multimedia and so on.

Values

HOME!

Yeah! This is a SUSTAINABLE SERVICE…

Influencing User

Behaviour

SERVICE for

TRAVEL Culture

SERVICE for

OF Course It takes long time!

Design & Representation

Techniques

Services

Changing no-touristic cities

To touristic cities

Can be part of theTRAVEL-NETWORK

Travelers Networking

Finding Co-Travellers

Business Travel Aids

Sharing Facilities

RentingSystem

Outfitting

Travel planning

AdvantagesAnd

Disadvantages

Advantages:

-Sustainable living

-Culturing, traveling rules and behaviors

-Altering none-tourist attraction to tourist attraction

-Business traveling aids

-Travel plan and travel visualization

-Experience and media sharing system

-Participants communications

-Financial transaction aids

-Investment aids for none- tourist attraction

Disadvantages:

- lake of communication security

Mostafa Tohidifar

Alireza Nourollahi

Reihaneh Emtenani