Tourism demand forecasting with spatiotemporal features

Cheng Li, Weimin Zheng and Peng Ge

Annals of Tourism Research, 2022, vol. 94, issue C

Abstract: Tourism demand forecasting is a crucial prerequisite for effective and efficient tourism management. This study develops a novel model based on deep learning methods for precise demand forecasting, namely, spatial-temporal fused graph convolutional network (ST-FGCN). ST-FGCN generates forecasts based on spatial effects extracted using graph convolutional network and temporal dependency captured through long short-term memory. A data-driven spatial matrix is used in our model to strengthen forecasting performance further. Two markedly different forecasting experiments verify the effectiveness of our model. Empirical results suggest that incorporating spatial effects can remarkably reduce forecasting errors. Furthermore, our model shows good applicability for data with different time granularity and different periods: before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Tourist demand forecasting; Spatial effects; Graph convolutional network; Long short-term memory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103384

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