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.

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© 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/).

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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  -