An Opportunistic Tourism Navigation System Using Photographing Point Recommendation

In recent years, a style of sightseeing which is planned by individuals and focuses on strolling has become widespread, while sightseeing navigation systems have attracted attention. However, most existing navigation systems support efficient sightseeing by giving users information such as the shortest route to their destination. Accordingly in this research, we propose an opportunistic tourism navigation system based on the theory of the "Benefit of Inconvenience", which navigates users to a destination while recommending some photographing point that exist on the way to the destination, and adapts to the users\´ moods. An evaluation experiment conducted in Kyoto, Japan, demonstrated that conducting casual sightseeing on foot using this system enabled opportunistic sightseeing suited to the users\´ moods, which led to user enjoyment.