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Evaluation of Intelligent Routes for Personalised Electronic Tourist Guides

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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012

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Personalised Electronic Tourist Guides (PETs) provide an integrated solution for route generation based on the profiles and constraints of tourists, up-to-date Points Of Interest (POIs) and destination information. In this paper we present the result of an evaluation of a PET prototype that applies an advanced algorithm to generate personalised tourists routes including public transportation. The prototype has three main functionalities: recommendation, personalised route generation and route customisation. The validation scenario of the prototype has been the city of San Sebastian. The result of the validation has been positive and it showed that PETs are perceived as interesting tools by tourists. Moreover, both the personalised route generation and the inclusion of public transportation are perceived as valuable functionalities.

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  1. Dept. of eTourism and Cultural Heritage, Vicomtech, Spain

    Ander Garcia & Maria Teresa Linaza

  2. Dept. of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Spain

    Olatz Arbelaitz

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  2. Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

    Francesco Ricci

  3. Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

    Lorenzo Cantoni

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Garcia, A., Linaza, M.T., Arbelaitz, O. (2012). Evaluation of Intelligent Routes for Personalised Electronic Tourist Guides. In: Fuchs, M., Ricci, F., Cantoni, L. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1142-0_25

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