A interferência da internet na competitividade das agências de viagens e turismo na cidade de São Paulo (SP)

Abstract

Tourism is a growing activity and is responsible for one in every twelve jobs in the world. With the advent of internet interpersonal and commercial relationships change every day. For travel agencies and tourism, distributors of the product / tourist service, such transformations have totally changed the way to manage the business. This paper analyzes the interference of the Internet on the competitiveness of travel and tourism agencies and aims to identify the profile of these companies, how to use the Internet, the processes that assist in customer relationships through information and communication technologies and evaluate the role of the Internet in the competitiveness of these companies. In forming the theoretical framework used out a bibliometric study to determine the state of the art on the topic and added to the authors of the areas of Tourism, Management, Marketing, Competitiveness, Quality, Finance and Information Systems. The field research interviewed 68 companies from São Paulo and showed similar results to those of other countries, such as the profile of predominantly micro and small enterprises, which are still not fully aware of the changes in the market, and have assured that investment in the relationship with the client, along with the constant analysis of its internal capabilities is critical for the success of the same. The current study add to the literature segment of the travel and tourism agencies, which has little specific literature.