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Introduction
The Travel & Tourism theme in the Smart India Hackathon 2024 (SIH 2024) postulates creating unique strategies to improve the tourism sphere in terms of its efficiency, quality of service and safety. A summary’s table regarding the most interesting projects within this theme is placed below, including their descriptions, potential impacts and relevant categories.
| Problem Statement Title | Description & Potential Impact | Abstracts |
| Student Innovation (Hardware) | Description: A solution/idea that can improve the prevailing conditions of the tourism industries encompassing hotels, travel and others with the help of advanced building components. Potential Impact: Introduces new hardware solutions in the tourism industry enabling improvement of overall efficiency, safety and customer experience through the use of technology that addresses the existing problems. | Abstract |
| Student Innovation (Software) | Description: Solution/idea that can improve the current status of tourism industries, hotels, travels among others using new technologies. Potential Impact: New technology oriented services are more likely to factor the necessary changes in society and thus improve the overall quality of the tourism services offered to the people. | Abstract |
| Online Chatbot based Ticketing System | Description: Creating a reservation system for museums which involves using a chatbot to solve problems like ineffective reservation systems, stand in long queues, and make mistakes, accessibility. This bot is expected to do the reservation, accept and process payment via payment gateway and speak different languages. Potential Impact: Simplifies the ticketing procedures, provides improved customer service, reduces the chances of mistakes from people and provides important data to aid the decision making process in relation to the visitors to the museums. | Abstract |
| Development of a Mobile Application for Beach Recreational Suitability | Description: A smart phone application which gives information about the beach bathing areas of India with respect to weather and ocean parameters like wave height, currents, water quality, etc. Expected Outcome: Achieves tourist safety through provision of information on the suitability of particular beach locations and enhancing the management of sandy coastal areas for leisure and possibly even saving lives.. | Abstract |
Conclusion
The Travel & Tourism theme in SIH 2024, stimulates in the participants the desire to develop effective solutions, which can transform the tourism sphere. It can be expected that by working with these problem statements, participants will be able to bring innovations and improve the development of travel and tourism services in India.
Call to Action
If these problem statements inspire you, explore them further on the SIH 2024 website. Form your team, brainstorm innovative solutions, and contribute to the advancement of the tourism industry through smart, tech-driven innovations!
