Purpose The popularity of mobile technologies and applications is constantly growing and
undoubtedly changing consumers' and providers' behavior. The purpose of this study is to …

The tourism sector represents an opportunity for economic growth in countries with tourism
potential. However, new trends in global tourism require efficiency in tourism supply chain …

Tourism recommender system (TRS) experienced high growth over the last decades given
its significant role in tourist satisfaction. Tourists are usually worried about planning their …

Linked open data is a relatively new topic area with great potential in a wide range of fields.
In the tourism domain, many studies are using linked open data to address the problem of …

Recommender systems (RSs) are personalized information search and discovery
applications helping users to identify and choose useful items and information. In this paper …

Recommendation systems have overcome the overload of irrelevant information by
considering users' preferences and emotional states in the fields of tourism, health, e …

The amount of information available in social media and specialized blogs has become
useful for a user to plan a trip. However, the user is quickly overwhelmed by the list of …

Abstract We study the Vacation Planning Problem (VPP), an extension of the Tourist Trip
Design Problem which is suitable for modelling scenarios wherein a tourist wishes to …

Itinerary planning is a challenging task for users wishing to enjoy points of interest (POIs) in
line with their preferences, the current context of use, and travel constraints. This article …

Tourism Recommender Systems (TRSs) are unable to properly suggest new points of
interest (POIs) to new users, ie, to solve the combined new user and new item problem. To …