Some Insights of Cyber Physical Systems in the Context of the Tourism and Travel Industry

Abstract

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) facilitate the incorporation of humans, objects, and computing systems in their physical environment. These systems operate in real-time and are used to enable the systems and devices to self-organize and reconfigure to respond to their changing environments. They help to realize data-intensive interconnected platforms that allow data streams to run continuously on an autonomous basis. CPSs in the context of tourism and travel are considered important elements for developing efficient and effective smart tourism services. This research explores various facets of CPSs and proposes a blockchain-based framework to offer a smart tourism ecosystem, catering to the dynamic preferences and needs of the tourists. The key idea is to use a novel blockchain-based data security mechanism, which uses a set of policies to enforce data security for smart tourism services.