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Semantic Enrichment for Geospatial Information in a Tourism Recommender System

Semantic Enrichment for Geospatial Information in a Tourism Recommender System

Joan de la Flor, Joan Borràs, David Isern, Aida Valls, Antonio Moreno, Antonio Russo, Yolanda Pérez, Salvador Anton-Clavé
ISBN13: 9781466609457|ISBN10: 1466609451|EISBN13: 9781466609464
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0945-7.ch007
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de la Flor, Joan, et al. "Semantic Enrichment for Geospatial Information in a Tourism Recommender System." Discovery of Geospatial Resources: Methodologies, Technologies, and Emergent Applications, edited by Laura Díaz, et al., IGI Global, 2012, pp. 133-155. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0945-7.ch007

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de la Flor, J., Borràs, J., Isern, D., Valls, A., Moreno, A., Russo, A., Pérez, Y., & Anton-Clavé, S. (2012). Semantic Enrichment for Geospatial Information in a Tourism Recommender System. In L. Díaz, C. Granell, & J. Huerta (Eds.), Discovery of Geospatial Resources: Methodologies, Technologies, and Emergent Applications (pp. 133-155). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0945-7.ch007

Chicago

de la Flor, Joan, et al. "Semantic Enrichment for Geospatial Information in a Tourism Recommender System." In Discovery of Geospatial Resources: Methodologies, Technologies, and Emergent Applications, edited by Laura Díaz, Carlos Granell, and Joaquín Huerta, 133-155. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0945-7.ch007

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Abstract

Geospatial information is commonly used in tourism to facilitate activity planning, especially in a context of limited information on the territory, as it is common in the case of complex and heterogeneous tourism destination regions where the constrained spatial activity of visitor is likely to generate inefficiencies in the use of assets and resources, and hinder visitor satisfaction. Because of the large amount of spatial and non-spatial data associated with different resources and activities, it is a logical choice to use geographic information systems (GIS) for storing, managing, analyzing, and visualizing the data. Nevertheless, in order to facilitate personalized recommendations to visitors, interaction with Artificial Intelligence is needed. This chapter presents SigTur/E-Destination, a tourism recommender system based on a semantically-enriched GIS that provides regional tourist organizations and the industry with a new powerful tool for the sustainable management of their destinations. The recommendation system uses innovative Artificial Intelligence techniques, such as a hybrid method that integrates content-based and collaborative filtering and clustering methodologies that improve computational time.

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