eTurist Intelligent electronic tourist guide Mitja Lutrek Botjan

e-Turist: Intelligent electronic tourist guide Mitja Luštrek, Boštjan Kaluža, Božidara Cvetković, Hristijan Gjoreski Department of Intelligent Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute

The problem • John is visiting Piran for a day • He wants to see as much of the town as he can • He would rather not study websites, books and maps to come up with a good itinerary

The problem • John is visiting Piran for a day • He wants to see as much of the town as he can • He would rather not study websites, books and maps to come up with a good itinerary • e-Turist to the rescue!

Location

Location Purpose of the visit

Location Purpose of the visit Start of the visit Duration of the visit

Location Purpose of the visit Start of the visit Duration of the visit Mode of transport

Location Purpose of the visit Start of the visit Duration of the visit Mode of transport Plan a meal

Personalized itinerary

Personalized itinerary Can be edited

Personalized itinerary Sights marked on a map Can be edited

Read and listen to descriptions of sights

Read and listen to descriptions of sights Rate and comment

Architecture e-Turist software-as-a-service Clients / end-users HTML 5 Itinerary service Database TTS service Administration interface i. OS Android Win Phone Black Berry Editors

Itinerary planning service e-Turist software-as-a-service Clients / end-users HTML 5 Itinerary service Database TTS service Administration interface i. OS Android Win Phone Black Berry Editors

Itinerary planning service • Select sights interesting for John – Expert recommendations: matching between a sight and John‘s profile + expert rating – Collaborative filtering: recommend sights rated highly by users with tastes similar to John‘s

Itinerary planning service • Select sights interesting for John – Expert recommendations: matching between a sight and John‘s profile + expert rating – Collaborative filtering: recommend sights rated highly by users with tastes similar to John‘s • Include the best sights in the itinerary (knapsack problem) in an appropriate order (travelling salesman problem)

Clients e-Turist software-as-a-service Clients / end-users HTML 5 Itinerary service Database TTS service Administration interface i. OS Android Win Phone Black Berry Editors

Clients

Administration interface e-Turist software-as-a-service Clients / end-users HTML 5 Itinerary service Database TTS service Administration interface i. OS Android Win Phone Black Berry Editors

Administration interface Main information: • Name • Type • Location • Description • Opening hours …

Administration interface Main information: • Name • Type • Location • Description • Opening hours … Display on clients

Administration interface Main information: • Name • Type • Location • Description • Opening hours … Display on clients Profile matching

Administration interface Visitors‘ ratings

Administration interface Visitors‘ ratings and comments

Conclusion • Comprehensive electronic tourist guide: – Intelligent itinerary planning service – Web and mobile clients for five platforms – Administration interface – Tourist content for two regions – 216 sights

Conclusion • Comprehensive electronic tourist guide: – Intelligent itinerary planning service – Web and mobile clients for five platforms – Administration interface – Tourist content for two regions – 216 sights • The main advantage are personalized itinereries – few competitors offer this

The future is modular If tourist content providers are interested: • Connect the itinerary planning service to thirdparty tourist content

The future is modular If tourist content providers are interested: • Connect the itinerary planning service to thirdparty tourist content • Connect the itinerary planning service to thirdparty clients (e. g. , existing websites)