Even at an early stage, diverse big data have been applied to tourism research and made
an amazing improvement. This paper might be the first attempt to present a comprehensive …

Tourism research has marched into the big data arena and brought remarkable
developments. Despite the promising role of big data and increasing volume of research, it …

Vacation planning is one of the frequent---but nonetheless laborious---tasks that people
engage themselves with online; requiring skilled interaction with a multitude of resources …

The proliferation of digital cameras and the growing practice of online photo sharing using
social media sites such as Flickr have resulted in huge volumes of geotagged photos …

In recent years, million geo-tagged photos are available in online web service like Flickr,
panoramio, etc. People contributing geo-tagged photo and share their travel experiences …

The popularity of location-based social networks available on mobile devices means that
large, rich datasets that contain a mixture of behavioral (users visiting venues), social (links …

This paper stems from ideas that were initially framed in my doctoral dissertation. I would like
to thank Cindi Katz, Roger Hart, Donald Robotham, and Neil Smith for fostering a space for …

Geo-tagging is a fast-emerging trend in digital photography and community photo sharing.
The presence of geographically relevant metadata with images and videos has opened up …

Geotagged photos on social media like Flickr explicitly indicate the trajectories of tourists.
They can be employed to reveal the tourists' preference on landmarks and routings of …

“A picture is worth a thousand words”. Analysis of the visual content of tourist photos is an
effective way to explore the image of tourist destinations. With the development of computer …