Making Information on Ethiopia Available on the Internet: a Case Study of Tourism in Ethiopia
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1997-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Internet which is paving the 'Nay for the global information
super highway has become one of the big issues in the world.
This big network of networks with its famous applications
like E-mail, World wide web, Internet relay chat, etc., is
,
benefiting people in the world in their day to day
activities. It is only recently that Africa has started
drinking from this sea of information . Ethiopia which has
been using a store and forward (e-mail only) system of
electronic communication
starting from January
became part of the
1997 through the
Internet world
ETC (Ethiopian
Telecommunication Corporation) Internet. With the expansion
of Internet facilities came the wide area hypermedia
information retrieval system, the World Wide Web, which made
it possible to access large universe of multimedia documents
world wide. Ethiopia should benefit by publishing its
information on various sectors on the WWW by using its
current Internet connectivity which will enable her to
contribute to the sea of Information and benefit as well
In this study, the birth and origin of Internet and its
current structure have been discussed . The nature and
characteristics of the famous application of Internet, the
World Wide Web have been explained. The potential benefits
that can be derived by Ethiopia by publishing on the Web have
been elaborated, and possible areas that could be published
on the World Wide web about Ethiopia have been identified.
The current situations related to tourism information and
application of World Wide Web have been discussed. The basic
issues that should be taken into consideration in designing a
Web page, like style of Web page design , steps to follow, and
basic software and hardware requirements for a Web server
have been explained. A prototype Web page on tourism
information on Ethiopia , a priority area as indicated in this
research, has been developed . Concluded that it is high time
for various organizations and institutions in Ethiopia,
particularly in the area of tourism, business , and education,
to plan their home page and publish on the WWW. The prototype
Web page can be a starting point for further research along
this line in Ethiopia.
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Information Science