The impact of travel constraints on travel decision-making: A comparative approach of travel frequencies and intended travel participation

Travel Agency Awareness of the Health Risks of International Travel; A Pilot Study

Introduction: Travel agencies may be consulted by intending travelers seeking pre-travel health advice. Travel agents should be equipped to deal with such queries and have access to a source of high quality travel health advice. This study aimed to establish the level of knowledge of travel health risks among Irish travel agencies. Methods: A web-based su...

Testing the effects of congruity, travel constraints, and self-efficacy on travel intentions: An alternative decision-making model

Travel decision making has been extensively studied. Various models and theories have been proposed to explain tourist behavior. Taking a new approach, this study applied the Motivation Opportunity Ability (MOA) model to explain travel intentions. The MOA model suggests that motivation, opportunity, and ability are major factors influencing travel intentions. This study explored the role of sel...

A Theory of Travel Decision-Making with Applications for Modeling Active Travel Demand by

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The Economic of Tourism and Travel Accommodation

Supporting Travel Decision Making through Personalized Recommendation

We present an approach to the design of personalized recommender systems that integrates content-based methods, collaborative filtering techniques and case-based reasoning while adopting a user-centered perspective. These techniques are employed to support information search and choice processes. In this framework, we developed and tested a system prototype (NutKing) that helps the user to cons...