RevisiTour: Enriching the Tourism Experience With User-Generated Content

Youn-ah Kang (), John Stasko, Kurt Luther, Avinash Ravi and Yan Xu
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Youn-ah Kang: Georgia Institute of Technology
John Stasko: Georgia Institute of Technology
Kurt Luther: Georgia Institute of Technology
Avinash Ravi: Georgia Institute of Technology
Yan Xu: Georgia Institute of Technology

A chapter in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008, 2008, pp 59-69 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We have explored design opportunities to enrich the tourism experience of people at the Georgia Aquarium by providing a context of photos and by motivating people to be active creators of content to share their experiences with others. We designed a system named RevisiTour to enable visitors to reorganize photos taken from tour sites and share the photos with others. A visitor’s path and timestamp are recorded on a badge with a sensor throughout a trip. After the trip, the visitor can access a website where s/he uploads photos, synchronizes them with the path, and shares the photos with others. We report on how the system was designed, developed, and refined. After developing a prototype, we evaluated a mock-up of the system with actual visitors in the Georgia Aquarium. The analysis and design implications show the possibility of user-generated content systems for tour sites.

Keywords: Tour Technology; Ubiquitous Computing; User-Centred Design; User Experience; User Generated Content; Web Services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-77280-5_6

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