Exploring The Power Of Virtual Reality Technology And Image Processing In Tourism: The Architecture Of Quirino Laquatsa

Abstract

Tourism industry have experienced major income losses and a spike in unemployment due to the pandemic. The need for technology have arisen to be able to help cope with challenges of the tourism industry of both cities and provinces. Technological advancements drive private and public sectors to adapt, with virtual reality gaining rapid popularity in tourist-oriented cities. Quirino province, the smallest in its region, requires recognition on social media and technology to advance its tourism industry. The province has to cope up with what the technology has to offer to its tourism management.
 The study's main goal is to create a virtual tourism architecture as close as possible to a particular place or tourist destination in the province. This may be used in the development of the Quirino Laquatsa and give visitors a taste of what is expected of the place or tourist site has to offer. This study used the Design Thinking Methodology mixed with Feature Driven Development. The data collection was done through the empathy phase.
 The proposed system architecture design promotes the development of a virtual tourism with the aid of virtual reality. It can help address the problems and issues in the tourism management of the province. This can eventually lead into the development of a web-based virtual tourism site to become a medium for sustainable tourism development.