Tourists' Dynamic Needs and Affects in Personalised Travel Route Recommendations

The FP7 project cSpace unites the notion of augmented reality, micro-projection technology, near real-time 3D-video reconstruction and cultural tourism into a single experience that aims to unleash users’ inventiveness and creativity. The goal of “smart cultural routing” within cSpace is to enrich tourists’ experience by offering them very personalised travel route recommendations tailored to their dynamic user profiles. In particular, a special attention in the suggested approach is paid to changes to a tourist’s dynamic needs and affects. As a result, the tourist’s experience from visitation can be enriched by means of fine-tuning the route’s program, schedule and routing, according to this tourist’s individual dynamic requirements and affective state.