Integrating open data and generating travel itinerary in semantic-aware tourist information system
Tuan‐Dung Cao, Quang-Minh Nguyen, Anh-Duc Nguyen, Tan-Hung Le · 2011
The growth of online data and services on the Web make it become more and more emerging as an indispensable tool of traveling for the tourist industry. It is not denied that various approaches bring benefits for visitors in supporting them of searching tourist attractions, such us interested places for the visit, eating or staying. However, like a coin has two sides, too much information would be the difficulty for people when planning their journeys. Generally, tourists usually have problems when finding a satisfied accommodation without a reference to nearby restaurants, sights or event locations. In addition, travelers suffer from the information overload when they look for information about potential destinations, events and related services. Providing the relevant and up-to-date information for the tourists with different personal interests is still a challenging task for the tourist guide information systems.