Abstract:
TourVia is a tour guidebook application created in the form of a mobile-based
application. TourVia is an application that focuses on providing information about
tourist destinations in Indonesia, not only information, but also providing users with a
broader POV regarding tourist destinations. Creating applications with a tourism theme
is nothing new nowadays, there are many applications with a tourism theme such as
Traveloka, Tripadvisor, Tiket.com, Agoda and many more. The application of
technology in the tourism sector is something that really needs to be done, because
tourism is one of the biggest contributors to the country's economy, especially
Indonesia which has a wealth of tourism.
Currently, Indonesia is in the recovery stage after the COVID-19 pandemic
which has greatly affected the Indonesian tourism sector [1]. This is one of the aims of
making this application to participate in helping Indonesia to quickly get out of the
recovery stage and also help promote tourist destinations in Indonesia. Not only that,
there are other reasons for making this application, namely helping to introduce tourist
destinations that are less popular so that there is an even distribution of local tourist
visits, then helping make it easier for local tourists to plan their trips, and also making
it easier for local tourists to find information about something. tourist destinations that
are supported by user-friendly UI and UX.
TourVia uses a sequential search algorithm in the search menu which allows
users to search for the tourist destination they want by just typing keywords from the
name of the tourist destination. TourVia also uses Firebase as a database for its activity
posts. Firebase has a way of working that is similar to B-tree data structure indexes in
its operations, making it suitable for activity post menus which have create, read and
delete operations. TourVia also combines guidebooks with social media, which is one
of the media that has a big influence on the progress of Indonesian tourism.
