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Analysis of Tourist Behavior Based on Tracking Data Collected by GPS

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    Identifier: imarina:9412878
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9412878
    Authors:
    Bernado, OriolBigorra, AlbertPerez, YolandaRusso, Antonio PAnton Clave, Salvador
    Abstract:
    The research field of tourism management has been witnessing in the last ten years an important development in methods based on the analysis of the spatial behavior of visitors, mainly driven by the progressive enhancement and economic accessibility of satellite-based tracking techniques. However, the practical operations of destination management systems based on tracking technologies still suffer from the relative complexity of obtaining and mastering this information. This chapter illustrates the development of Track-Tour, a user-friendly system that integrates the tracking of visitor spatial activity, the elaboration of such data according to structured formats, and their visualization through a web-based viewer. It is believed that this system has the potential to allow an easier uptake by destination management and planning organizations in their quest for more sustainable tourism impacts. The chapter presents the design and validation of this comprehensive methodology, and the early results from a test application in the historical centre of the World Heritage city of Tarragona, a semi-enclosed area with unpredictable patterns of tourism mobility that typically suffer from congestion and flow management problems.

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    Author, as appears in the article.: Bernado, Oriol; Bigorra, Albert; Perez, Yolanda; Russo, Antonio P; Anton Clave, Salvador
    Department: Geografia
    URV's Author/s: Anton Clavé, Salvador / Perez Albert, Maria Yolanda / Russo, Antonio
    Keywords: Travel Time Technologie
    Abstract: The research field of tourism management has been witnessing in the last ten years an important development in methods based on the analysis of the spatial behavior of visitors, mainly driven by the progressive enhancement and economic accessibility of satellite-based tracking techniques. However, the practical operations of destination management systems based on tracking technologies still suffer from the relative complexity of obtaining and mastering this information. This chapter illustrates the development of Track-Tour, a user-friendly system that integrates the tracking of visitor spatial activity, the elaboration of such data according to structured formats, and their visualization through a web-based viewer. It is believed that this system has the potential to allow an easier uptake by destination management and planning organizations in their quest for more sustainable tourism impacts. The chapter presents the design and validation of this comprehensive methodology, and the early results from a test application in the historical centre of the World Heritage city of Tarragona, a semi-enclosed area with unpredictable patterns of tourism mobility that typically suffer from congestion and flow management problems.
    Author's mail: antonio.russo@urv.cat salvador.anton@urv.cat salvador.anton@urv.cat myolanda.perez@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-8768-246X 0000-0001-9818-2778 0000-0001-9818-2778 0000-0003-1634-4986
    Record's date: 2025-02-17
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Paper original source: Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, And Applications, Vol 1. 1100-1119
    APA: Bernado, Oriol; Bigorra, Albert; Perez, Yolanda; Russo, Antonio P; Anton Clave, Salvador (2013). Analysis of Tourist Behavior Based on Tracking Data Collected by GPS. Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, And Applications, Vol 1, (), 1100-1119. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2038-4.ch066
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2013
    Publication Type: Journal Publications