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In 2005 the tourists in Latvian rural accommodationshave spent ~ 325.330 nights (12% more than in 2004).The average occupancy of accommodations in 2005 was17%. Although the number of tourists has increased, theaverage occupancy of tourist accommodations hasremained the same, compared to 2004 because alongsidethe demand the supply has also increased – the number oflodgings and beds.Local holidaymakers comprised 80% of the totalnights spent in rural accommodations in Latvia in 2005,while 20% were foreign tourists. However, of all thenights reserved by the tourists through the “Laukuceļotājs”, the foreign guests comprise 58%, which clearlyshows the significant role of the association in theattraction of foreign tourists.53% of the foreign tourists’ overnight stays have beenfrom Germany, Britain (7%), Finland (6%), theNetherlands (5%), France (4%) and Belgium (4%).German, Finnish, British, Swedish tourists are the maingeneration market for Latvia, comprising 36.1% ofovernight stays of foreigners in 2003 (EuropeanCommunities, Eurostat 2005c). Within the last 2 years themost rapid growth in the number of tourists has been fromEstonia, Britain, Belgium, and Germany, the number ofnights has increased (by 86%-130%). The abovementionedtrends show the importance of the Internethome pages, especially of the foreign language versions(including what language exactly).The average local tourists’ length of stay in a ruralaccommodation in 2005 was 1.4 days, but that of foreigntourists was 3.25 days which demonstrates the economicimportance of this target audience in the tourism marketin Latvia.According to the calculations of the Association, intotal the rural tourism and related activities in theterritories of Latvian countryside in 2005 may havegenerated at least 31.5 million Ls yield whichdemonstrates the significance of this sphere (LatvianCountry Tourism Association 2006).ANALYSIS OF HOME PAGE AND E-MAILAVAILABILITY IN THE TOURISTACCOMMODATIONS REGISTERED IN THEDATABASE OF THE LATVIAN RURAL TOURISMASSOCIATION “LAUKU CEĻOTĀJS”The authors of this publication explored 435 touristaccommodations included in the Latvian Rural TourismAssociation “Lauku ceļotājs” database in the wholeterritory of Latvia. The results were summarisedseparately for regions, singling out Riga and JūrmalaCities.According to the LLTA “Lauku ceļotājs” touristaccommodations – cooperation partners’ statisticalanalysis of e-mail and home page availability of therespective accommodations, we may come to thefollowing conclusions (see Table 6).Table 6. E –mail and home page availability of touristaccommodations registered in the database of LatvianRural Tourism Association “Lauku ceļotājs” (as of01.02.2006). Source: Latvian Country TourismAssociation database (2006).Region Number ofaccommodationse – mailKurzeme 141 71(50.3%)Rīga,49 47Jūrmala(95.9%)Vidzeme 152 100(65,7%)Zemgale 43 24(55.8,0%)Latgale 50 22(44.0%)Kopā 435 264(60.6%)Homepage51(36.1%)47(95.9%)63(41,4%)16(37.2%)12(24.0%)189(43.4%)• The smallest number of e – mail (less than halfcases) and home pages are in touristaccommodations in Latgale Region (24 %)(seeFigure 2);• The situation is a little better in Kurzeme andZemgale where e-mail is available in about a half(respectively 50.3 and 55.8 %) of touristaccommodations, but home pages – 36.1 and 37.2% of all tourist accommodations;• The situation is considerably better in VidzemeRegion where e-mail is available in more than ahalf of accommodations (65, 7 %), but home pagesin – 41, 4 % of them;• The situations in Riga and Jurmala are drasticallydifferent, where e-mail and home pages areavailable in > 95 % of tourist accommodations(actually with area exceptions in all touristaccommodations;• Thus, in average in the state, e-mail is available inonly a little more than a half (60, 6 %), but thehome page in less than a half (43, 4 %) of touristaccommodations that should be considered morethan insufficient. It is also an indicator ofsustainable development in the sphere of usage andaccessibility of IT technologies and infrastructurequality;Annual Proceedings of Vidzeme University College “ICTE in Regional Development”, 2006100
• The data obtained by the research are in contradictionand differ for more than a half from the research ofEuropean Communities; Eurostat published research“ICT in the Tourism sector. Statistics in Focus34/2005”, where it is mentioned that in Latvia in theyear 2004 82.8 % of tourist accommodations hadtheir own home pages.Moreover, the given information about availability ofe-mail and a home page does not guarantee that there isInternet connection at all, as the home pages quite oftenare on servers somewhere else and e-mail is available inthe tourist accommodation owner’s a second work place,or occasionally – with the owner’s children far away fromthe given farmhouse or even far from the nearest village.This leads to the conclusion that the real situation isactually even worse in the rural territories.The Internet is necessary in tourist accommodations:• For the owners and managers of touristaccommodations - for receiving urgent and essentialinformation;16014012010080604020014171514947 4715210063435024 221612Kurzeme Rīga, Jūrmala Vidzeme Zemgale LatgaleAll accomodations e – mail WEBFigure 2. E – mail and Internet home page availability intourist accommodations registered in the database ofLatvian Rural Tourism Association “Lauku ceļotājs” (asof 01.03.2006). Source: Latvian Country TourismAssociation database (2006).• For giving prompt answers to clients and tourismagencies regarding reservations and other issues;Table 7. Availability of different types of Internetconnection in Latvia: advantages and disadvantages.Source: Ziemelis G. Latvian Country TourismAssociation (2006).TechnologyCable TVDSLDial upaccessGPRSEDGECDMAInstallation~ 10 Ls +40 Ls,cablemodem~ 15 Ls +35 Ls,ADSLterminalSubscription4 - 13Ls7 - 16Lsno ~ 0,04Ls/min~ 4 Lswith anexistingmobiletelephoneconnectionSimilarto GPRS210 LsCDMAmodem +Triatelconnection +specialCDMAtelephone1.50 permonth.+0.15Ls/MbSimilar toGPRS23.60Ls/monthNotesAvailable only wherecable TV is installedand the operatorprovides the service (inbigger cities, but not inall districts)Available in areaswhere telephone linesenable to install it. Inthe countryside inmany areas it will notbe possible in thefuture (even if there is afixed telephone line)Very slow internet type- max 56 Kbit/s.Possible with very oldanalogue telephonelines.Expensive and veryslow - max 40 Kbit/s.though practicallyavailable anyplacewhere there is mobiletelephone coverage.Speed up to 236 Kbit/s.Currently available inRiga, Riga District,Jurmala and Valmiera.Requisite: telephonewith EDGE support.1 Mb/s, offered byTriatel. Smallcoverage, but accordingto availableinformation, it ispractically available inalmost the wholeterritory of Riga,Jūrmala, Ādaži,Ķekava, Carnikava,Muceniekineighbourhood,Jelgava and Aizkraukle• For communication with other representatives andentrepreneurs of the industry.• For the marketing and advertising process of thetourist accommodation;• For joining reservation systems, marketingchannels, etc.;Annual Proceedings of Vidzeme University College “ICTE in Regional Development”, 2006101
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ISBN 9984-633-03-9Annual Proceeding
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“Development of Creative Human -
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTELLIGENT SYSTEM
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INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR LEARNERS’
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LEARNER 1GROUP OF HUMAN AGENTSLEARN
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QuantityQuantityFigure 6. Distribut
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LEARNERStructure of theconcept mapL
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WEB-BASED INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYST
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materials to be presented and which
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND E-LEAR
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correspondence with the course aim
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projects and through IT. Hence, it
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APPLICATION OF MODELING METHODS IN
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can support configuration managemen
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The EKD is one of the Enterprise mo
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CHANGES TO TRAINING AND PERSPECTIVE
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or an end, yet none of these attitu
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logs), data and video conferencing
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Ability to follow user’s multi-ta
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CONCLUSIONSEDUSA method gives us a
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in successful SD. Given this situat
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SPATIAL INFORMATIONFor the visualis
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MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES USE IN SERVICES
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learning environment (Learning Mana
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