A UML based approach for analysis and design of tourism web portal

摘要

Tourism web sites and web portals are the most important tools for growth and development of tourism business. This paper present the analysis, design and development of tourism web portal for Nepal based on UML approach. The web portal requirements were gathered from three different entities that included inbound and outbound tourist, tourism government officials and tourism business entrepreneurs. Online survey, interview, requirement specification and validation was carried out in an iterative approach. Modified web quality framework was used as a reference and official tourism website of Nepal was taken as a case study. The Use case models, Conceptual model, UI design model and Recommender system were developed as work products. The system was tested in a controlled lab setup to uncover the errors and provide quality assurance. This work produces a comprehensive tourism web portal for Nepal that caters to user requirements, business requirements and governance requirements based on latest technological adaptation. It has a significant importance for the similar kind of web development projects around the world to serve as a reference model and knowledge base.