Question 8
- In what two ways is e-banking important to tourism?
- List any two tools used in advertisement in tourism.
The performance of candidates in this compulsory question was just fair. The importance of e-banking in tourism are:
- It helps tourist overcome the stress of long queues in banks
- It encourages tourists to enjoy cashless banking
- Tourists can easily withdraw their cash with the use of ATM
- Tourists can also use POS/ATM for transaction
- It facilities electronic financial transactions
- Facilitates transfer of funds
- Issuance of bank draft online
- Facilitates online payment for reservation
- Generation of statement of account
- Efficient and reliable
Tools used in advertisement in tourism include:
- e-billboard
- website
- internet
- bulletin
- magazines
- newspapers
- journals
- billboards
- television
- radio
- newsletters
- handbills/ fliers
- posters
- mails
- yellow page
- sign post
- SMS
- print media
- electronic media