SMS-based tourism mobile E-commerce platform

For tourism features, such as services provided across-region, mobility demanding and full of uncertainty and various accidents, the shortcoming of traditional tourism e-commerce is analyzed. Combined with matured wireless communication technology, several technical schemes for the implementation- of e-commerce by small and medium size enterprises are presented, and compared, and a tourism mobile e-commerce platform based on short message is constructed for these small and medium size enterprises. The system realized the mobility support for tourism information through short message. Tourist position is determined through using mobile phone positioning technology, and various location-based information could be provided to fulfill the service demands by tourists every time and everywhere, realizing the demands for mobile, individualized, prompt and convenient service.