A Comprehensive Survey on Travel Recommender Systems
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A Comprehensive Survey on Travel Recommender Systems Kinjal Chaudhari1 · Ankit Thakkar1 Received: 19 February 2019 / Accepted: 30 September 2019 © CIMNE, Barcelona, Spain 2019
Abstract Travelling is a combination of journey, transportation, travel-time, accommodation, weather, events, and other aspects which are likely to be experienced by most of the people at some point in their life. To enhance such experience, we generally look for assistance in planning a tour. Today, the information available on tourism-related aspects on the Internet is boundless and exploring suitable travel package/product/service may be time-consuming. A recommender system (RS) can assist for various tour-related queries such as top destinations for summer vacation, preferable climate conditions for tracking, the fastest way to transport, or photography assistance for specific destinations. In this survey, we have presented a pervasive review on travel and associated factors such as hotels, restaurants, tourism package and planning, and attractions; we have also tailored recommendations on a tourist’s diverse requirements such as food, transportation, photography, outfits, safety, and seasonal preferences. We have classified travel-based RSs and presented selection criteria, features, and technical aspects with datasets, methods, and results. We have briefly supplemented research articles from diverse facets; various frameworks for a travel-based RS are discussed. We believe our survey would introduce a state-of-the-art travel RS; it may be utilized to solve the existing limitations and extend its applicability.
1 Introduction Most of the individuals move between various geographical locations at some point in their life. Such a movement, also known as a trip, may be within local areas on a routine basis or on the global extension for a longer period of time which is likely to include short accommodation facilities such as hotels and restaurants. The purpose of travelling may vary from person-to-person, for example, business meetings, adventure, events, leisure, migration, research travel, or because some people wish to pursue the wanderlust. Such travellers give rise to the economy of organizing communities; they also provide employment to local as well as global businesses. Goeldner et al. [1] identified tourist, business supplying goods and services to tourists, host community and its government to be the perspectives of tourism; they defined tourism as “the science, art, and business of attracting visitors, transporting them, accommodating them, and * Kinjal Chaudhari [email protected] Ankit Thakkar [email protected] 1
Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 481, India
graciously catering to their needs and wants”. The tourism industry has grown on a large scale in the past many years and numerous travel services have been provided physically as well as virtually. Concerning the development of tourism, Gunn et al. [2] introduced five functional groups, namely, attra
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