Beacon-based tourist information system to identify visiting trends of tourists
- DOI
- 10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.3.7How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Tourism promotion, IoT, Bluetooth beacon, Stamp rally, Cloud service, Local community cooperation
- Abstract
In this study, we propose a system that provides tourist information and obtains trends of visiting tourists using beacons and cloud service. As part of our research, we are working on the promotion of local area tourism in cooperation with a local community. A low energy Bluetooth device is used as a beacon to transmit a universally unique identifier. In addition, beacons are placed at sightseeing spots and tourist facilities. Our proposed system comprises two application programs; one is a client-side application program that provides area-specific tourist information corresponding to the detected beacon. The other is a server-side application to record time and location information of the detected beacons. In this paper, we describe the scheme of our system, and present the results of experiments conducted using the prototype system in the local tourist area. In addition, we discuss an open platform for information collection services using beacons.
- Copyright
- © 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - JOUR AU - Akihiro Yamaguchi AU - Masashi Hashimoto AU - Kiyohiro Urata AU - Yu Tanigawa AU - Tetsuya Nagaie AU - Toshitaka Maki AU - Toshihiko Wakahara AU - Akihisa Kodate AU - Toru Kobayashi AU - Noboru Sonehara PY - 2017 DA - 2017/12/01 TI - Beacon-based tourist information system to identify visiting trends of tourists JO - Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life SP - 209 EP - 212 VL - 4 IS - 3 SN - 2352-6386 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.3.7 DO - 10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.3.7 ID - Yamaguchi2017 ER -