Spurious patterns in Google Trends data-An analysis of the effects on tourism demand forecasting in Germany

B Bokelmann, S Lessmann - Tourism management, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous studies show that time series data about the frequency of hits for tourism-related
search terms from Google (Google Trends data) is a valuable predictor for short-term tourism …

Can Google Trends data provide information on consumer's perception regarding hotel brands?

H Bakirtas, V Gulpinar Demirci - Information Technology & Tourism, 2022 - Springer
Previous studies show that search engine query data is a valuable predictor for tourism
demand forecasting. The goals of this study are to identify the current positions of hotels in …

[PDF][PDF] The use of Google Trends data as proxy of foreign tourist inflows to Portugal

G Dinis, C Costa, O Pacheco - … Journal of Cultural and Digital Tourism, 2016 - iacudit.org
Over the last 20 years, we assisted to a technology revolution and the Internet was the
driver. The tourism has been appointed as a sector which more impacted with these …

Composite indicators for measuring the online search interest by a tourist destination

MGF Dinis, CMM da Costa, OMR Pacheco - Big Data and Innovation in …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter presents a methodology for building composite indicators to measure the public
online search interest by tourist destinations. As an example, we have applied it to measure …

Using google trends in international tourism: a case study of the Czech and Slovak Republics

P Kajzar - Academica Turistica-Tourism and Innovation …, 2021 - academica.turistica.si
This paper deals with using Google Trends in International Tourism. The attention will be
focused on analysing the behaviour of Czech and Slovak tourists travelling to seaside …

Forecasting British tourist inflows to Portugal using google trends data

G Dinis, C Costa, O Pacheco - Tourism, Culture and Heritage in a Smart …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to explore the Google Trends (GT) data in order to
understand the behavior and interests of British tourists in Portugal as a tourist destination …