Tourism Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2017

Question 8

  1. In what two ways is e-banking important to tourism?
  2. 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
  • e-mail
  • website
  • internet
  • bulletin
  • magazines
  • newspapers
  • journals
  • billboards
  • television
  • radio
  • newsletters
  • handbills/ fliers
  • posters
  • mails
  • yellow page
  • sign post
  • SMS
  • print media
  • electronic media