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Tourism statistics
No full textHow a nation collects and shares data on tourism in the country is influenced by that
country’s historical, cultural, and political background, as well as its geographical
characteristics. This means there are a wide variety of ways tourism data are collected,
evaluated, and disseminated. Although standard statistical mechanisms for tracking tourism
have been improved, to be of greatest use, statistical sources should be further enhanced
and be comparable across locations and time. For this reason, several international
organizations have the responsibility of harmonizing definitions of, and methodologies for,
collecting data. These organizations are also a relevant supplier of data sources, working to
provide consistent tourism statistics
Indirect Measurement of Unobserved Tourism. The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as an Indicator of Human Pressure
No full textA pre-processing and network analysis of GPS tracking data
No full textGlobal Positioning System (GPS) devices afford the opportunity to collect accurate data on unit movements from temporal and spatial perspectives. With a special focus on GPS technology in travel surveys, this paper proposes: (1) two algorithms for the pre-processing of GPS data in order to deal with outlier identification and missing data imputation; (2) a clustering approach to recover the main points of interest from GPS trajectories; and (3) a weighted-directed network, which incorporates the most relevant characteristics of the GPS trajectories at an aggregate level. A simulation study shows the goodness-of-fit of the imputation data algorithm and the robustness of the clustering algorithm. The proposed algorithms are then applied to three cases studies relating to the mobility of cruise passengers in urban contexts
Impact of incentives on tourist activity in space-time
No full textNo tourism study to date, has examined the ability of incentives to shape the spatio-temporal behaviour of tourists. Data collected from the port of Palermo in Sicily (Italy), using traditional survey instruments as well as GPS technology, was employed to investigate the effect of incentives on cruise passengers' space-time activities. The results show the incentives' clear and significant impact in influencing the space-time activities of cruise passengers' while visiting the city. Understanding the movement patterns of visitors at destinations can give destination managers information that can assist in dealing with the negative effects of overtourism that are caused due to high concentrations of visitors in both space and time in relatively small and well-defined sites and areas
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