Progress in information technology and tourism management: 30 years on and 20 years after the internet - Revisiting Buhalis &amp; Law's landmark study about eTourism

Navío-Marco, Julio; Ruiz-Gómez, Luis Manuel; Sevilla, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2018.06.002

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“…Although there has been progress in the last ten years, a recent study highlights the still current and growing importance of semantics and ontologies in tourism. The authors further state that academic research in these disciplines is still in its infancy [12].…”

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Usage of Semantic Web in Austrian Regional Tourism Organizations

Lohvynenko

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2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Tourism is one of the most important economic sectors in Austria. Given the high internationality degree of Austrian visitors, the websites of regional tourism organizations (RTOs) are an essential source of information. A state-of-the-art tourism website should include semantic markup for touristic topics so that search engines and other intelligent software applications can access and understand the presented data. This paper empirically studies the usage of Semantic Web formats, ontologies and topics relevant for tourism on the websites of all 137 Austrian RTOs. Results show that 59% of the RTOs use semantic markup. Most regions adhere to the recommendations of leading search engines utilizing ontologies such as Schema.org and the formats Microdata and JSON-LD. While most semantic markup incorporates basic information (e.g. navigation, addresses, corporate data), only few Austrian RTOs annotate touristic relevant topics that would contribute to unlock the full potential of the Semantic Web such as regional events, accommodations, blog posts, images or social media.

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Usage of Semantic Web in Austrian Regional Tourism Organizations

Lohvynenko

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2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…There are many studies that support tourism utilizing ICT (Information and Communication Technology). Buhalis et al [8][9][10] discussed E-Tourism that adapts ICT to the travel and tourism industries. For example, Dimitrios et al [11] discussed the role of social media in tourism.…”

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

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Recently, due to the drastic increase in foreign tourists coming to Japan, there has been a demand to provide smart tourism services that enable inbound tourists to comfortably enjoy sightseeing. To provide satisfactory experiences for tourists, it is desirable to provide tourist information in a timely manner by considering dynamic information, which is information that changes over time, such as current congestion information in destination spots and travel route information, in addition to static information, such as the preferences and profiles of tourists. However, in many existing systems, serious problems occur, such as (1) a lack of support for on-site use, (2) a lack of consideration of dynamic information, and (3) heavy burden on tourists. In this paper, we propose a novel system that can provide tourism plans for tourism spots in a timely manner. The proposed system consists of the following two key mechanisms: (A) A mechanism for acquiring preference information from tourists (including preference on dynamic information); (B) a curation mechanism for realizing on-site tourism. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system, we carried out evaluation experiments utilizing real tourism spots and simulations. As a result, we obtained the following primary findings: (1) On-site tourism spot recommendation is effective for tourists who do not make detailed tourism plans before sightseeing; (2) preference information for participants can be reflected in the tourism spot recommendation while massively reducing the burden on participants; (3) it is possible to obtain a higher satisfaction level than is achieved with model courses, which are often used for sightseeing.

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“…Note that the precipitation is a 10-year average value from 2005-2015 and NDVI is 1-year average value in 2015. Each factor is divided into five levels (1,2,3,4,5) through the Jenks natural breaks classification method [52,53] and the higher level means a greater possibility of disaster risk. Then the weighted sum of all factors is used for evaluation of comprehensive disaster possibility.…”

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“…On the other hand, improvements are highly required to perfect the legislation on the tracking, management, implementation, maintenance, investigation and evaluation of relevant rural funds and policies. Figure 8a shows the direct results of weighted average distance, which is divided into five levels (1,2,3,4,5) through the Jenks natural breaks classification method as shown in Figure 8b. Furthermore, the grading results are overlapped with results of land cover classification, containing urban construction areas and rural residential lands interpreted from Landsat 8 OLI images in 2015.…”

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“…Tourism, an international industry and the biggest provider of jobs, plays a vital role in promoting national or regional economic growth [1]. Since the period of reform and opening up, the tourism industry has been flourishing in China, and large numbers of attractions, scenic spots, restaurants and hotels have been developed for international or domestic tourists.…”

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Evaluation of All-for-One Tourism in Mountain Areas Using Multi-Source Data

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All-for-one tourism is a new viewpoint of tourism development involving overall planning and cooperative mechanisms. Over the past few years, the researchers have put forward many conceptual models to guide the top-level design and specific practice of all-for-one tourism. However, these studies mainly focus on social, economic and cultural effect in mature tourism areas, lacking comprehensive analysis from geographical perspective and neglecting the underdeveloped regions. In this paper, we attempt to apply geographic information system technology to tourism evaluation, exploring the approach of all-for-one tourism development in mountain regions. Zunyi city is selected as the research region and evaluated on the abundance, quality and spatial pattern of tourism resources, climate comfort, natural disaster possibility, and convenience of infrastructure or social service. Multi-source datasets collected from websites, reanalysis data, remote sensing products and observation stations are used. Based on data analysis, some recommendations including enriching cultural tourism products through cultural creativity, ensuring regional coordinated development through spatial optimization, respecting the spatiotemporal characteristics of climate and the laws of nature, and strengthening construction of infrastructure, are discussed to promote the healthy development of all-for-one tourism. attention of governments, enterprises and social problem researchers, as it is regarded as an effective and reliable approach to achieve rural revitalization and promote the coordinated and sustainable development of urban and rural areas [6].Recently, various conceptual models have been presented to explain the connotation of all-for-one tourism. Li et al. [7] summed up all-for-one tourism as "four new ideas" (resources, products, industries and markets) and "eight constructive aspects" (all tourism elements, all professions, all processes, all levels, the entire space and time, the whole society, all participant departments and all latent tourists). They argued that all-for-one tourism should aim at providing tourists with sufficient product experiences by integrating various industries, cooperating different departments, uniting all participants in the region, and taking full use of tourism destinations. Li [8] pointed out that all-for-one tourism is a new regional coordinated development mode, where tourism is the dominant industry and promotes the development of the economy and society in the chosen region. The ultimate goal of all-for-one tourism is to achieve the scientific and reasonable integration of resources, industries and developments, as well as social co-construction and sharing through optimizing and upgrading the complex systematic structure within a specific region. Zhang et al. [9] emphasized the domain perspective of all-for-one tourism, including temporal-spatial domain, industry domain, element domain and management domain. Feng [5] unscrambled the necessity of all-for-one tourism development from the five charact...

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Progress in information technology and tourism management: 30 years on and 20 years after the internet - Revisiting Buhalis & Law's landmark study about eTourism

Cited by 246 publications

References 133 publications

Usage of Semantic Web in Austrian Regional Tourism Organizations

Usage of Semantic Web in Austrian Regional Tourism Organizations

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

Evaluation of All-for-One Tourism in Mountain Areas Using Multi-Source Data

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