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RevisiTour: Enriching the Tourism Experience With User-Generated Content

In: Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008

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  • Youn-ah Kang

    (Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • John Stasko

    (Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Kurt Luther

    (Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Avinash Ravi

    (Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Yan Xu

    (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Abstract

We have explored design opportunities to enrich the tourism experience of people at the Georgia Aquarium by providing a context of photos and by motivating people to be active creators of content to share their experiences with others. We designed a system named RevisiTour to enable visitors to reorganize photos taken from tour sites and share the photos with others. A visitor’s path and timestamp are recorded on a badge with a sensor throughout a trip. After the trip, the visitor can access a website where s/he uploads photos, synchronizes them with the path, and shares the photos with others. We report on how the system was designed, developed, and refined. After developing a prototype, we evaluated a mock-up of the system with actual visitors in the Georgia Aquarium. The analysis and design implications show the possibility of user-generated content systems for tour sites.

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  • Youn-ah Kang & John Stasko & Kurt Luther & Avinash Ravi & Yan Xu, 2008. "RevisiTour: Enriching the Tourism Experience With User-Generated Content," Springer Books, in: Peter O’Connor & Wolfram Höpken & Ulrike Gretzel (ed.), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2008, pages 59-69, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-211-77280-5_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-77280-5_6
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