| Title | TripMentor: Challenges and prospects for culture and tourism in the Attica region (Greek title: “TripMentor: προκλήσεις και προοπτικές για τον πολιτισμό και τον τουρισμό στην περιφέρεια Αττικής“) |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Vassilakis C, Poulopoulos V, Wallace M, Antoniou A, Lepouras G |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of the 3nd Pan-Hellenic Conference on Digital Cultural Heritage-EuroMed 2019 |
| Keywords | cultural information, culture, geospatial data, Social Networks, tourism, visitor profile |
| Abstract | This paper presents the TripMentor project which is related to the tourism and civilization in the region of Attica. The main goal of the project is the presentation, in two languages, of the rich cultural content of the region to the tourists, through an Internet-based environment and through mobile applications. The goal of the project is to guide the visitors through many possible alternative routes, which include points of interest, as well as enterprises with tourism-related offers, while at the same time attempts to combine these routes with cultural points of interest. The project interrelates information, venues and visitor profiles with an automated way, striving to offer a unique personalized experience, tailored to the needs and preferences of each user. The project challenges are mainly technical, since through the project procedures (a) information regarding the points of interest should be gathered in an automated fashion (b) information about events related to points of interest must be taken into account and (v) data related to users, and especially the user profiles must be discovered and exploited so that the available information can be synthesized into a unique experience. In this context, we present the project application domain and the related challenges. |
