Project Title: Web-based System to Provide Touristic Planning Advice for Kenya
Student: Rupali Shah
Course: BSc Hons in E-commerce and Digital Business

Abstract:
This dissertation aims to create a web based system that would be able to provide information
to people travelling to a different country. I have chosen Kenya as a particular country to
focus on. The number of websites now available for tourists is immense; however the number
of websites that focus on just one country and being able to provide a sufficient amount of
information is a much lower figure. Kenya is an upcoming country and is becoming an
increasingly popular touristic destination but existing websites have only focused on certain
locations within Kenya that they are promoting to tourists. I have taken this into
consideration and decided to try and create a more time efficient website for my dissertation
that would allow users to be able find information on various other destinations, other than
the main attractions, within Kenya easily, be able to view images from a picture gallery, be
able to search items with the aid of Google and be able to view their own location within the
country or a location of interest. Another major part of my dissertation involved creating a
login system where the user is allowed to create, edit and delete schedules of what they plan
on doing in the country or have already carried out in the past which get automatically saved
and allows them to come back to them later. The availability and ability for a traveller to be
able to save schedules of where they have been or plan to go within the country and the
activities they did or are planning on doing helps keep track of their trips with specific
details. The final major part of my dissertation involved creating a visitor feedback page
whereby users can submit information on what they think about the website and ways of
improving the website which gets saved in a database.
I will begin my dissertation with an analysis of the problem at hand and reviewing existing
similar websites to be able to make the gap for improvement more clear. I will also try to
point out the advantages and disadvantages of using current websites to various users.
I will then go on to mention the design stage of my project during which I have kept the
potential types of users greatly in mind. The design stage will involve creating initial versions
of various web pages, information required for creating databases and what the uses of the
database shall be and the overall layout of the website itself. The design phase allowed the
problem of creating a website and the functionalities needed to be broken down into smaller
problems making it easier to solve.
The implementation stage consists of writing up code and bringing to life some of the designs
and layouts that were created during the designing phase of the website.
The importance of testing my website is followed towards the end of the report. Here, various
tests were carried out. Problems that I came across during implementation and testing are
mentioned and how I came round to solving these problems.
And finally, in conclusion, this report states how effective my dissertation has been in
meeting the specification and mentions areas for improvement and what could be done in the
future to make it better. This section also briefly discusses where a few of my ideas for the
website were drawn from.