Building data warehouse system for the tourism sector

Abstract

Decision makers in the tourism sector face real challenges. There is no chance to access a unified data source that can supply information to meet their inquiries and expectations. In this paper, we propose a data warehouse system for supporting the decision makers in the Egyptian tourism sector. The methodology followed to build this system is descried in details to guide the other developing countries who are trying to support their decision makers in the tourism sector by building a similar data warehouse system. In addition, we evaluated the tourism data warehouse system. The results of evaluation indicated that it can meet the needs and requirements of the decision makers in the tourism sector.