On-site Trip Planning Support System Based on Dynamic Information on Tourism Spots

Hidaka, Masato; Kanaya, Yuki; Kawanaka, Shogo; Matsuda, Yuki; Nakamura, Yugo; Suwa, Hirohiko; Fujimoto, Manato; Arakawa, Yutaka; Yasumoto, Keiichi

doi:10.3390/smartcities3020013

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“…Regarding (3), as mentioned in Section 1, Ishikawa et al [29], kawanaka et al [30], Hidaka et al [31] and Egger et al [32] developed sightseeing support systems incorporating gamification. In addition to these studies, Mesáro et al [33], Bujari et al [34], Panou et al [35] and Kotsopoulos et al [36] targeted cultural, historical and natural heritages, and provided users with the information concerning these places and supported their excursion behaviors.…”

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A Sightseeing Planning Support System with Gamification

Koga¹,

Yamamoto²

2021

JGIS

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In recent years, as there has been a major change in the necessity and importance of sightseeing information, a platform to provide real-time sightseeing information according to the ever-changing circumstances is necessary. Additionally, it is effective to adopt gamification to increase users' motivation to continuously utilize the system in order to provide them with more information. In the present study, in order to support users' enjoyment in creating efficient and pleasant sightseeing plans, the system that incorporates gamification to increase motivation was developed combining with web-geographic information systems (Web-GIS) and sightseeing planning and sharing system. The system was operated over a period of 2 weeks in Chofu City, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Based on the results of a questionnaire survey for 51 users, though the operability of the 3 main functions incorporated with motivation by gamification was rated lower than those of the 2 basic functions, their usefulness was highly rated. Based on the results of the access log analysis, it was effective to design the system so that the same functions can be used regardless of the type of information terminal. Additionally, it was evident that the continuous utilization of the system could increase the number of sightseeing plans created by the users.

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A Sightseeing Planning Support System with Gamification

Koga¹,

Yamamoto²

2021

JGIS

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“…This scenario involved collecting data such as photos and behavior logs from tourists, while providing sightseeing information through a virtual tour guide [41]. We provided a data editing function (F6) for organizers to edit collected data after the event.…”

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ParmoSense: A Scenario-based Participatory Mobile Urban Sensing Platform with User Motivation Engine

Matsuda¹,

Kawanaka²,

Suwa³

et al. 2021

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Rapid proliferation of mobile devices with various sensors have enabled Participatory Mobile Sensing (PMS). Several PMS platforms provide multiple functions for various sensing purposes, but they are suffering from the open issues: limited use of their functions for a specific scenario/case and requiring technical knowledge for organizers. In this paper, we propose a novel PMS platform named ParmoSense for easily and flexibly collecting urban environmental information. To reduce the burden on both organizers and participants, in ParmoSense, we employ two novel features: modularization of functions and scenario-based PMS system description. For modularization, we provide the essential PMS functions as modules which can be easily chosen and combined for sensing in different scenarios. The scenario-based description feature allows organizers to easily and quickly set up a new participatory sensing instance and participants to easily install the corresponding scenario and participate in the sensing. Moreover, ParmoSense provides GUI tools as well for creating and distributing PMS system easily, editing and visualizing collected data quickly. It also provides multiple functions for encouraging participants' motivation for sustainable operation of the system. Through performance comparison with existing PMS platforms, we confirmed ParmoSense shows the best cost-performance in the perspective of the workload for preparing PMS system and varieties of functions. In addition, to evaluate the availability and usability of ParmoSense, we conducted 19 case studies, which have different locations, scales, and purposes, over 4 years with cooperation from ordinary citizens. Through the case studies and the questionnaire survey for participants and organizers, we confirmed that ParmoSense can be easily operated and participated by ordinary citizens including non-technical persons.

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“…However, multiple participants of different user types selected the route indicated by a gold area where high scores could be obtained. The right-hand side of the two parallel streets indicated by 3 in Figure 6, is famous as a tourist attraction called Tetsugaku-no-michi (Philosopher's Walk). In Group A, most of participants chose Tetsugaku-no-michi on the right, while in Group B, several participants chose the ordinary road on the left-hand side.…”

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“…Furthermore, along with the development of information technology in recent years, a tourism style that decides the next tourist destination during sightseeing such as on-site tour has also appeared. In order to realize more comfortable on-site tour, it is necessary to collect dynamic tourism contexts, such as smoothness of pedestrian flows, crowds in mobility, temporary events and temporary closures of tourist facilities, efficiently and with high spatio-temporal resolution [3].…”

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Gamified Participatory Sensing in Tourism: An Experimental Study of the Effects on Tourist Behavior and Satisfaction

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In the tourism sector, user-generated information and communication among tourists are perceived to be more effective and reliable contents. In addition, the collection of dynamic tourism information with high spatio-temporal resolution is required to provide comfortable tourism in response to the changing tourism style with the advancement of information technology. Participatory sensing, which can collect various types of information is a useful method by which to collect these contents. However, continuous participation of users is essential in participatory sensing, and it is one of the most important points to stimulate participation motivation. In the tourism situation, we also need to pay attention to the total tourist satisfaction of participants. In this paper, we adopt gamification, i.e., the implementation of game design elements in real-world contexts for non-gaming purposes, for participatory sensing as an incentive mechanism to motivate participants with active participation and collect the necessary information efficiently. Within the framework, where points are given when completing the requested sensing task (=mission), two sensing missions with different burdens; Area Mission and Check-in Mission, and three different types of rewarding mechanisms; Fixed, Variable and Dynamic Variable, are designed as a gamification mechanism. We implemented these elements in the proposed participatory sensing platform application and conducted an experimental case study with 33 participants at an actual tourist spot: Kyoto, Japan. Then, we investigate the effects on tourist behavior and satisfaction by analyzing collected sensor data, mission logs, and post-survey answers. As a result, we can conclude the following: (1) the tourist behavior is changed due to the proposed gamification design and the necessary information was collected efficiently; (2) the participants tend to prioritize Check-in Mission over the sightseeing, which can induce a behavior change but might impact sightseeing enjoyment.

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On-site Trip Planning Support System Based on Dynamic Information on Tourism Spots

Cited by 20 publications

References 26 publications

A Sightseeing Planning Support System with Gamification

A Sightseeing Planning Support System with Gamification

ParmoSense: A Scenario-based Participatory Mobile Urban Sensing Platform with User Motivation Engine

Gamified Participatory Sensing in Tourism: An Experimental Study of the Effects on Tourist Behavior and Satisfaction

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