Event tourism has become an important economic component of modern tourism, given the
growing numbers of visitors and the development of local communities that it entails. This …

The advancements in mobile, wireless and positioning technologies have enabled
applications and services such as route guiding and emergency call-out assistance. These …

Location based services (LBS) provide several conveniences for tourists based on the
location-context. For example, whenever tourists visit any place of interest, mobile LBS can …

Tourism is a domain in which individuals visit cities and places they are not familiar with and
which they like to enlighten themselves. It is widely considered to be one of the emerging …

Mobile travel has become a significant trend due to the emergence of smartphones and
mobile technology. Existing researches show that the integration of location-based services …

This chapter analyzes how the development and use of mobile and Web technologies are
changing the way to search information, to plan, to buy, and to travel. The new technologies …

This paper explores the backpackers' spatial–temporal behavior (STB) in Beijing using the
trajectories obtained from the global positioning system. Many researchers have studied …

This paper introduces a user-centered design process for developing a multichannel map
service. The aim of the service is to provide hikers with interactive maps through several …

With the development of economic and people's living standards, more and more people
join the ranks of backpackers, which have brought a lot of pressures to the society. It's the …

Nowadays, tourism is a very important business area. Using virtual worlds technologies as a
new means of information for potential tourists is a challenge where the actual means, goals …