Destination Inspiration Using eTourism Tool

Martin Goossen (), Henk Meeuwsen, Jappe Franke and Arjen Jong Alterra
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Martin Goossen: Wageningen University and Research centre
Henk Meeuwsen: Wageningen University and Research centre
Jappe Franke: Wageningen University and Research centre
Arjen Jong Alterra: Wageningen University and Research centre

A chapter in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2014, 2013, pp 895-907 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In rural areas tourism is often seen as an opportunity for economic development. Policymakers are searching for instruments to measure values of regions for tourism development. As landscape can be an important unique selling point in rural areas, understanding land use preferences of tourists is essential to describe the value of rural areas. For the tourism industry it is important to know if there are similarities among the tourists in terms of landscape preferences to invest in or promote certain regions. The goal of this project is to collect data of landscape preferences for policymakers and the tourism industry. Information was gathered using geographical data in a Destination Discovering System within www.myplacetobe.eu website, where visitors can discover their favourite holiday destinations in Europe according to their preferences. About 7,000 personalized maps are made by more than 3,300 unique visitors. Forest is the most preferred landscape type.

Keywords: Destination recommendation system; Maps; Tourism; Land use preferences; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03973-2_65

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