Title :
Designing the next generation of mobile tourism application based on situation awareness
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. & Inf., Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Abstract :
Mobile tourism applications are changing the way travelers plan and experience tourism in the years to come. A large and growing body of literature has investigated the development of context awareness mobile applications for tourism industry. Various aspects of context awareness are studied and applied in tour guide companions and recommendation systems. However, these context awareness mobile applications do not improve traveler´s situation awareness especially in pre-visiting and during visiting phases. In other words, when using mobile applications, travelers may not perceive the situation correctly, fail to comprehend the situation or they are unable to anticipate the future development. This paper proposes a theoretical approach for designing mobile tourism applications using situation awareness. Three scenarios of traveler visiting experiences are presented and suitable designs for each scenario are discussed.
Keywords :
cognition; mobile computing; recommender systems; travel industry; context awareness; mobile tourism application; next generation mobile application; recommendation system; situation awareness; tour guide companion; tourism industry; Cities and towns; Context-aware services; Ergonomics; Logic gates; Mobile communication; Smart phones; Transportation; context awareness; mobile tourism application; situation awareness; traveling phases;
Conference_Titel :
Network of Ergonomics Societies Conference (SEANES), 2012 Southeast Asian
Conference_Location :
Langkawi, Kedah
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1732-0
DOI :
10.1109/SEANES.2012.6299599