Destinations Similarity Based on User Generated Pictures’ Tags
Published 1 January 2012
Alessandro Inversini, Davide Eynard, Elena Marchiori, Leonardo Gentile
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Results show the possibility to group similar destinations based on visual components, represented by the contents of the pictures, and the related tag descriptions, based on implicit information already shared on the web.
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Pictures about tourism destinations are part of the contents shared online through social media by travellers. Additional pictures information, such as geo-tags and user description of place, can be used to create groups of similar destinations. This paper investigates the possibility of defining destination similarities based on implicit information already shared on the web. Flickr.com was used as a case study as it represents the most popular picture sharing website. Results show the possibility to group similar destinations based on visual components, represented by the contents of the pictures, and the related tag descriptions.
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