Cita:
Telematics and Informatics, (Aug. 2009), 26(3), 306-315.
ISSN:
0736-5853
DOI:
10.1016/j.tele.2008.11.008
Agradecimientos:
This work is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce under the GODO project (FIT-340000-2007-134), under the PIBES project of the Spanish Committee of Education and Science (TEC2006-12365-C02-01) and under the MID-CBR project of the Spanish Committee of Education and Science (TIN2006-15140-C03-02).
Tourism is one of the major sources of income for many countries. Therefore, providing efficient, real-time service for tourists is a crucial competitive asset which needs to be enhanced using major technological advances. The current research has the objectivTourism is one of the major sources of income for many countries. Therefore, providing efficient, real-time service for tourists is a crucial competitive asset which needs to be enhanced using major technological advances. The current research has the objective of integrating technological innovation into an information system, in order to build a better user experience for the tourist. The principal strength of the approach is the fusion of context-aware pervasive systems, GIS systems, social networks and semantics. This paper presents the SPETA system, which uses knowledge of the user’s current location, preferences, as well as a history of past locations, in order to provide the type of recommender services that tourists expect from a real tour guide.[+][-]