There are several reasons for using 360-degree virtual tours in tourism, travel, and hospitality:
Showcasing destinations:
Virtual tours allow potential travellers to see tourist destinations, hotels, and other properties from all angles, giving them a better understanding of the location, features and details.
Improving customer experience:
Virtual tours can create a more engaging and interactive experience for potential travellers, allowing them to explore the destination, hotel or property at their own pace and in greater detail.
Enhancing online travel planning:
Virtual tours can help to bridge the gap between online and in-person travel planning by providing potential travellers with a more realistic view of the destination, hotel or property.
Cost-effective:
Virtual tours can be a cost-effective way to showcase tourist destinations, hotels and other properties and attract more potential travellers.
Accessibility:
Virtual tours can allow potential travellers to view destinations, hotels and other properties from any location and also help increase accessibility for travellers with mobility issues.
Convenience:
Virtual tours can save potential travellers time and effort by allowing them to view destinations, hotels and other properties without visiting them physically.
Increased visibility:
Virtual tours can help to increase the visibility of tourist destinations, hotels and other properties to a broader audience, as they can be easily shared online and viewed on different devices.
Marketing tool:
Virtual tours can be a marketing tool for travel agencies, hotels and other tourism-related businesses to showcase their properties and attract more customers.
Decision making:
Virtual tours allow travellers to make informed decisions on whether a destination, hotel or property is suitable for them before arranging a physical visit.
2020: FEJA4: Virtual Reality in Africa – what’s coming
2020: ITU Inter-Regional Week on Emerging Technologies for Development
2020: UNESCO Webinar: International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) UNIDO General Conference
2019: Pretoria NMISA Revised SI conference
2018: University of the Western Cape: Immersive Technologies Seminar
2017: Vienna, Austria. 2017 UNIDO General Conference
2016: Pretoria. Test and Measurement Conference
2015: Mauritius. Mauritius Interactive Digital Centre (IDC) Inauguration
2013: Birmingham National Exhibition centre. WorldSkills Foundation UK Skills Show and Competition
2010: IST-Africa 2010 Conference and Exhibition Durban, Digital Education and Open Education solutions
2007 & 2008: Showcase VR at Scifest, Grahamstown
2007: Visual Forum, Gothenburg,
2006: Pretoria, CSIR Conference Centre. IST Africa
2006: United Nations ECA Conference Centre, Addis Ababa. E-Learning Africa 2006
2006: Geneva PALEXPO, Switzerland – World Summit on the Information Society
2005: UNESCO 3-day workshop on interactive3d learning objects
2003: Mokopane Community Centre. Limpopo.
2003: Harare, Zimbabwe. E-Learning Conference
2003: Montreal, Canada. VSSM (International Society on Virtual Systems and Multimedia) Conference
2002: Kampala, Uganda. UNESCO – UNESCO conference – E-learning in action
2002: UNESCO – IICBA 3-day workshop
2002: Dar el Salam, Tanzania. Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Member States
2002: Durban ICC. Pan-Commonwealth on Open Learning Transforming Education for Development
2002: Addis Ababa United Nations ECA Conference Centre – Communications Africa 2002
2000: Sun City , South Africa: ACT 2000: The African Computing & Telecommunications (AITEC) Summit
1999: St Johns College, University of Cambridge (UK). IST-Africa 1999 Conference and Exhibition
1998 – 2002: CSIR VR Centre
2000: Sun City, ACT 2000 – The African Computing & Telecommunications Summit
