Blockchain Technology for Tourism Post COVID-19

Q2 Social Sciences

Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI:10.18080/jtde.v11n3.764

Mohd Norman Bin Bakri, Han Foon Neo, Chuan-Chin Teo

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Abstract

During the pandemic, the tourism industry was one of the most severely impacted sectors. As vaccines are now widely available, each government is working to develop a system that can generate a digital vaccine certificate and PCR lab test result to verify that a person has been fully vaccinated or has a negative PCR test result, in order to allow them to enter business premises, travel overseas or cross state borders. However, the use of centralised systems in the development of the digital COVID-19 pass system results in a number of challenges, including the system’s high susceptibility to failures, sluggish and inefficient information transmission, and vulnerability. The goal of this research is to offer a new digital COVID-19 pass based on the proposed “SmartHealthCard” blockchain technology. SmartHealthCard is a decentralised application (dApp) encrypting and hashing user data and safely storing it in a distributed database. Privacy preservation, GDPR compliance, self-sovereignty, KYC compliance and data integrity are featured. This initiative has the potential to benefit the public, healthcare professionals, service providers and the government. SmartHealthCard enables quick verification of tamper-proof COVID-19 tests/vaccines, aiding in COVID-19 transmission control while respecting the user’s right to privacy.

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COVID-19后旅游区块链技术

在大流行期间，旅游业是受影响最严重的部门之一。随着疫苗的普及，各国政府正在开发一种系统，可以生成数字疫苗证书和PCR实验室检测结果，以验证是否完全接种疫苗或PCR检测结果为阴性，从而允许他们进入营业场所、海外旅行或跨越州界。然而，在开发数字COVID-19通行证系统时使用集中式系统会带来许多挑战，包括系统对故障的高易感性，信息传输缓慢和低效以及脆弱性。这项研究的目标是提供一种基于拟议的“智能健康卡”区块链技术的新型数字COVID-19通行证。SmartHealthCard是一个分散的应用程序(dApp)加密和散列用户数据，并将其安全地存储在分布式数据库中。隐私保护、GDPR合规性、自我主权、KYC合规性和数据完整性。这一举措有可能使公众、医疗保健专业人员、服务提供商和政府受益。SmartHealthCard可以快速验证防篡改COVID-19测试/疫苗，有助于控制COVID-19的传播，同时尊重用户的隐私权。

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Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy Social Sciences-Communication

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