Tourism Informatics: Towards Novel Knowledge Based Approaches

✍ Scribed by Tokuro Matsuo, Kiyota Hashimoto, Hidekazu Iwamoto

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 176
• Series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book introduces new trends of theory and practice of information technologies in tourism. The book does not handle only the fundamental contribution, but also discusses innovative and emerging technologies to promote and develop new generation tourism informatics theory and their applications. Some chapters are concerned with data analysis, web technologies, social media and their case studies. Travel information on the web provided by travelers is very useful for other travelers make their travel plan. A chapter in this book proposes a method for interactive retrieval of information on accommodation facilities to support travelling customers in their travel preparations. Also an adaptive user interface for personalized transportation guidance system is proposed. Another chapter in this book shows a novel support system for the collaborative tourism planning by using the case reports that are collected via Internet. Also, a system for recommending hotels for the users is proposed and evaluated. Other chapters are concerned with recommendation, personalization and other emerging technologies.

✦ Subjects

Intelligence Semantics AI Machine Learning Computer Science Computers Technology Reference Test Preparation Almanacs Yearbooks Atlases Maps Careers Catalogs Directories Consumer Guides Dictionaries Thesauruses Encyclopedias Subject English as a Second Language Etiquette Foreign Study Genealogy Quotations Survival Emergency Preparedness Words Grammar Writing Research Publishing