Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Web-Based Information Systems: A Case Study At LADA In Langkawi, Kedah

The importance of information and efficient information system in the tourism industry is steadily increasing due to the evolution of new technologies and high-capacity storage media but also because growing market dynamics raise information needs. An Adopted Fully-Integrated Web-based Information System (AFIWIS) can be of particular
importance as it supports tourism organizations in collecting, storing, processing, and disseminating information and in the decision-making process by providing forecasts and decision models. This paper has studied the importance of adopting a fully integrated
web-based system for tourism sector in the scope of LADA.
The results have indicated that all the variables (IS utilization, cost saving and productivity enhancement, and functional flexibility) are significant with the adopting a
fully integrated web-based system. Thus, with such facility, harmonization of electronic markets in the tourism sector in Langkawi will be been reached.