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

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

Can be edited

Personalized itinerary Can be edited Sights marked on a map

Read and listen to descriptions of sights

Rate and comment

Architecture Database Itinerary service TTS service Administration interface iOSAndroid Win Phone Black Berry HTML5 Clients / end-users Editors e-Turist software-as-a-service

Itinerary planning service Database Itinerary service TTS service Administration interface iOSAndroid Win Phone Black Berry HTML5 Clients / end-users Editors e-Turist software-as-a-service

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 Database Itinerary service TTS service Administration interface iOSAndroid Win Phone Black Berry HTML5 Clients / end-users Editors e-Turist software-as-a-service

Clients

Administration interface Database Itinerary service TTS service Administration interface iOSAndroid Win Phone Black Berry HTML5 Clients / end-users Editors e-Turist software-as-a-service

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 third- party tourist content

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