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Inspection of Spatial–Temporal Behavior of Backpackers in Beijing Based on Trajectory

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This paper explores the backpackers’ spatial–temporal behavior (STB) in Beijing using the trajectories obtained from the global positioning system. Many researchers have studied tourist STB from various perspectives and using different data collection methods. Backpackers, who are of growing importance for the global economy and different from the mainstream tourists as a distinguish group, are a kind of postmodern tourists. In this paper we use 1708 trajectories to study the STB of backpackers. At last some conclusions were found from the research: (1) most of the backpackers would travel on Saturday; (2) there are the most trajectories in spring; (3) backpackers usually start their travel in between 8 and 10 o’clock in the morning and end their travel in between 3 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon; (4) most backpackers are keen to travel to the ancient villages. All the above conclusions can help understanding the STB of backpackers, and can be used as the context information for Location-based services.

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This study is supported by the funding from Guangdong Province Major Special Project of Science & Technology (2015B010104003).

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    Qiuhua Huang

  2. Department of Remote Sensing and GIS Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Linyuan Xia

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Huang, Q., Xia, L. Inspection of Spatial–Temporal Behavior of Backpackers in Beijing Based on Trajectory. Wireless Pers Commun 87, 1337–1356 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-3056-0

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