Progressive Tourism: Integrating Social, Transportation, and Data Networks

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Author(s): Edward Pultar (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)and Martin Raubal (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 15
Source title: Tourism Informatics: Visual Travel Recommender Systems, Social Communities, and User Interface Design
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nalin Sharda (Victoria University, Australia )
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-818-5.ch009

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management / Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management

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This research examines tourism behavior using Internet-based websites that provide free lodging with local residents. Increases in computing power and accessibility have led to novel e-tourism techniques and the users of such systems utilize an amalgamation of social networks, transportation networks, and data communication networks. The chapter focuses on how the geographical spread of people in a modern, digital social network (CouchSurfing) influences the travel choices of each individual in the network. Activities performed in coordination with this type of system can vary greatly in travel mode, accessibility, mobility, and time, among other factors. This research studies factors that influence a general model describing traveler behavior using a cost-free lodging network. The authors present an information representation and visualization methodology utilizing time-geographic dimensions.

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