The Use of Communication Technologies in Road Travel Agencies

With the communication technologies moving into our lives any longer, load travel agencies have begun to improve their services accordingly. They are constantly seeking new services to make road travel more fun. Now, during a travel by road travel vehicles, it is possible to transfer road view, travel duration and speed limit information with a camera in front of the car; and to play computer games, watch digital and interactive channels, connect internet, listen to music, access current news and have information on places on the drive with screens placed behind the seats. Thus, in this study, communication technologies used in the load travel agencies of Turkey have been analyzed. To this end, websites of 159 travel agencies that are registered to Istanbul Bus Terminal have been searched. It has been found that 80 of these 159 agencies have one website. The relevant agencies have been reached via mail or phone, and a survey has been implemented on their public relations authorities.