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

2. 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

3. 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!

5. Location

6. Purpose of the visit

7. Location Purpose of the visit Start of the visit Duration of the visit

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

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

10. Personalized itinerary

11. Can be edited

12. Personalized itinerary Can be edited Sights marked on a map

13. Read and listen to descriptions of sights

14. Rate and comment

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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)

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

20. Clients

21. 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

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

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

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

25. Administration interface Visitors‘ ratings

26. Administration interface Visitors‘ ratings and comments

27. 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

28. 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

29. The future is modular If tourist content providers are interested: Connect the itinerary planning service to third- party tourist content

30. 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)