Sharing economy and contemporary tourism are two emerging concepts that urge to be investigated together with new ubiquitous and immersive technologies, in the tourism and hospitality sector. In this rich scenario, we designed and implemented ShareCities, a platform to foster remote direct information exchange and meaningful interactions among tourists and locals. Exploiting ShareCities we here present an extended analysis on the opportunity to use people-to-people recommendation criteria based on proximity. We hence defined three criteria which drove our analysis: i) profile similarity, ii) geographical proximity, and iii) random exploration. Through an online questionnaire, we collect answers from 126 young-adult students, obtaining a general positive interest in the three criteria but also concerns in terms of privacy, trust, and feeling of disorientation.

Ceccarini C., Nisi V., Prandi C. (2023). Exploring proximity-based recommendation criteria as a tool for information exchange and interactions between locals and tourists. MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS, 82(4), 5229-5252 [10.1007/s11042-022-13369-y].

Exploring proximity-based recommendation criteria as a tool for information exchange and interactions between locals and tourists

Ceccarini C.;Prandi C.
2023

Abstract

Sharing economy and contemporary tourism are two emerging concepts that urge to be investigated together with new ubiquitous and immersive technologies, in the tourism and hospitality sector. In this rich scenario, we designed and implemented ShareCities, a platform to foster remote direct information exchange and meaningful interactions among tourists and locals. Exploiting ShareCities we here present an extended analysis on the opportunity to use people-to-people recommendation criteria based on proximity. We hence defined three criteria which drove our analysis: i) profile similarity, ii) geographical proximity, and iii) random exploration. Through an online questionnaire, we collect answers from 126 young-adult students, obtaining a general positive interest in the three criteria but also concerns in terms of privacy, trust, and feeling of disorientation.
2023
Ceccarini C., Nisi V., Prandi C. (2023). Exploring proximity-based recommendation criteria as a tool for information exchange and interactions between locals and tourists. MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS, 82(4), 5229-5252 [10.1007/s11042-022-13369-y].
Ceccarini C.; Nisi V.; Prandi C.
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