The increasing number of tourists uploaded photos make it possible to discover attractive locations. Existing travel recommendation models make use of the geo-related information to infer possible locations that tourists may be interested in. However, the temporal information, such as the date and time when the photo was taken, associated with these photos are not taken into account by most of ...

This study was conducted during February-March 2012 to determine the perception and support regarding smoke-free policy among tourists at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. In this cross-sectional study, 200 tourists (n = 200) were enrolled by convenience sampling and interviewed by structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, and multinomial logistic regres...

Tourists, preparing for a journey, suffer from information overload when they use the Internet to look for information about their next potential destination. Although approaches to support tourists in decision making exist (e.g., in form of recommendation systems), providing the right information for each type of tourist is still a challenging task. This is especially a major issue when touris...

The analysis of how tourists select their holiday destinations along with the factors determining their choices is very important for promoting tourism. In particular, transportation is supposed to have a great influence on the tourists’ decisions. The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of High Speed Rail (HSR) systems with respect to a destination choice. Two key tourist destinations...

This study aimed to explain tourist satisfaction by using an integrated model that incorporated cognitive and affective perspectives. Questionnaires data were collected from 385 participants in Tibet and the conceptual model was verified by using Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that, from the cognitive viewpoint, the perception of the natural environment was the key factor to i...

There is little knowledge available on the spatial behaviour of urban tourists, and yet tourists generate an enormous quantity of data (Big Data) when they visit cities. These data sources can be used to track their presence through their activities. The aim of this paper is to analyse the digital footprint of urban tourists through Big Data. Unlike other papers that use a single data source, t...

BACKGROUND Sex tourism among men who have sex with men (MSM) may exacerbate transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Sex tourism is defined as purchasing sex with gifts or money outside of one's hometown. Our objective was to characterize the frequency, socio-demographic characteristics, and sexual risk behaviors among Chinese MSM sex tourists. METHODS An online, ...

Developing a usable tourist information system necessitate the gathering of requirements from tourists and visitors in situ. Traditional methods alone are argued as not sufficient for such needs. Thus, Wizard-of-Oz tests conducted with tourists in the intended environment of use are proposed as a complementary requirements gathering method.

BACKGROUND Travel for medical treatment is an aspect of globalization and health that is comparatively less understood. Little is known about volume, characteristic and motivation of medical tourists, limiting understanding of effects on health systems and patients. Thailand is amongst a handful of countries that have positioned themselves as medical tourism destination. This paper examines in ...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism, the practice of persons intentionally travelling across international boundaries to access medical care, has drawn increasing attention from researchers, particularly in relation to potential ethical concerns of this practice. Researchers have expressed concern for potential negative impacts to individual safety, public health within both countries of origin for medi...