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A Semantic-based Recommender System Using A Simulated Annealing Algorithm
2010
International audience; A recommender system based on semantic web technologies and on an adaptive hypermedia architecture is shown in this paper. The system uses a stochastic algorithm to provide recommendations to users. The paper presents the system architecture based on the semantic Web technologies and explains a simulated annealing algorithm performing the recommendations. A mobile application for the tourism domain proving the feasibility of this system is described at the end of the paper, some benchmarks are presented. In this application, the recommendations are defined as combinations of tourism products, which are linked to each other. The paper is mainly focused on the architec…
Autoroutes et dynamique du tourisme
2006
The widening of the motorway network in France, during the nineties, gives the opportunity to analyze the relationships between accessibility and tourism. The A 39 skirts the foothills of the Jura and improve its accessibility although it does not penetrate into the mountains. From this example, we wished to evaluate the impact of such an infrastructure on the tourism activity in the Jura. The adopted method involves following the development of tourism starting from multiple sources provided by national statistics, traffic surveys carried out before and after the opening of the A 39, and the interviews of the people in charge for tourism in the Jura. The interest of these investigations is…
Une approche du phénomène d'hyperréalité à partir d'études des parcs Disney.
2004
National audience; Dans cet article, nous nous intéressons à l'hyperréalité, phénomène conçu pour offrir aux individus en quête d'émotions des expériences de vie. Dans un premier temps, nous présenterons l'hyperréalité de façon générale. Puis nous restreignons notre recherche aux univers touristiques hyperréels et plus particulièrement aux parcs Disney afin de mettre en évidence plusieurs conditions neccessaires à leur succès, les thèmes mis en scène, les attributs de ces univers et la perception de ces environnements par le public.
Tourism statistics and unobserved tourism: empirical evidences in Sicily
2013
Despite its strategic importance, accurately measuring visitor attendance has been a challenging and problematic exercise for tourism managers for decades. Consequently, the primary aim of tourism statistics of accurately quantify tourism flows has been only partially achieved; indeed at a lower territorial scale tourism statistics appear less precise and accurate. The aim of this paper is: to introduce the concept of unobserved tourism, by highlighting the main limits of official statistical systems (with a special focus on the European statistical system on tourism statistics; to formalize a theoretical model in which tourism nights and trips in a given destination are decomposed intoobse…
Tourism statistics and unobserved tourism: empirical evidences in Sicily
2013
Despite its strategic importance, accurately measuring visitor attendance has been a challenging and problematic exercise for tourism managers for decades. Consequently, the primary aim of tourism statistics of accurately quantify tourism flows has been only partially achieved; indeed at a lower territorial scale tourism statistics appear less precise and accurate. The aim of this paper is: to introduce the concept of unobserved tourism, by highlighting the main limits of official statistical systems (with a special focus on the European statistical system on tourism statistics; to formalize a theoretical model in which tourism nights and trips in a given destination are decomposed into obs…
Wzorzec gatunkowy przewodnika turystycznego a realizacja tekstowa na przykładzie publikacji Jurija Nykołyszyna Lwów. Przewodnik
2021
W artykule przedstawiamy wyniki analizy realizacji tekstowej wzorca gatunkowego publikacji Jurija Nykołyszyna Lwów. Przewodnik. W części wstępnej przywołujemy teorię wzorca gatunkowego i jego wariantów kanonicznego, alternacyjnego i adaptacyjnego. Na tym tle pokazujemy przewodnik turystyczny jako gatunek. W kolejnych częściach omawiamy wyznaczniki gatunkowe analizowanego przewodnika: heterogeniczność, użytkowość, waloryzację i relacje nadawczo-odbiorcze. Analiza doprowadza do wniosku, że przewodnik Jurija Nykołyszyna jest wariantem alternacyjnym typowego przewodnika i charakteryzuje się jakościowymi i ilościowymi modyfikacjami kanonu.
Multi-Destination Trips and Tourism Statistics: Empirical Evidences in Sicily
2012
Abstract The knowledge of the actual magnitude and main features of tourism flows in a given destination is an essential prerequisite for the evaluation of tourism impacts and externalities. Indeed, many pleasure trips are often characterized by the visit to more than a single destination. Although the topic is well-documented in literature, the empirical results are limited to a few pioneering studies. The lack may be attributable to the failure of tourism organizations to collect data on multi-destination trip behaviour. This can be seen, for example, in the system of European statistics on tourism (according to the Council Directive 95/57 EC), where information on the average number of v…
The effect of hotel chain affiliation on economic performance: The moderating role of tourist districts
2020
Abstract This paper offers a pioneering analysis of the impact that integration in different types of hotel chains has on firm performance, and the moderating effect of the tourist destination in this relationship. Studies in the literature examine both size and location independently, without reconciling the apparently contradictory trends of globalization and conservation of the local base. The aim of the research is to analyze the comparative effects on tourism firms’ performance of belonging to different types of hotel chains while maintaining the advantages of location in a tourist destination. Based on a study of 292 Spanish hotels, the authors test the proposed hypotheses using hiera…
Determinants of individual tourist expenditure as a network: Empirical findings from Uruguay
2014
Abstract This paper introduces the use of graphical models for assessing the determinants of individual tourist spending. These models have the advantage of synthesizing and visualizing the relationships occurring within large sets of random variables, through an easy to interpret output. To this end, individual data from a large official survey of international tourists in Uruguay are used. Symmetric conditional independence structures are first investigated. Then subgraphs of each expenditure item's neighbourhood are extracted in order to assess the impact of main effects and interactions through proportional ordinal logistic regression. Results highlight the marginal role of socio-demogr…
Exploring User Behavior in Destination Websites: An Application of Web Mining Techniques
2021
The development of the Internet has so strongly affected the way a tourist destination can be promoted that portals now play an important role in defining the marketing strategies of tourist destinations. Hence, investigating website surfing behavior has become crucial to understanding the needs of potential tourists. Using Web Mining techniques, our study explores the information-seeking behavior of those who log on to a website promoting the island of Sicily, a well known tourist destination in the South of Italy. The study explores whether a tourist’s country of origin affects their information needs and surfing behavior. Actually, our results do show differences in behavior between user…