Coupling mobile positioning data and discrete choice model to decode travelers’ spatial choices within urban destinations

IF 12.4 1区管理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Tourism Management Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI:10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105254

Ke Mai , Yang Xu , Xinyue Chen , Hengyun Li , Sangwon Park

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Abstract

The growing availability of mobile positioning data offers new opportunities to understand onsite travel decisions, particularly how travelers organize activities spatially and the factors influencing these spatial choices. Coupling mobile positioning data of international travelers in three South Korean cities and extensive points-of-interest (POI) data, this study develops a discrete choice modeling framework to uncover the key factors that shape travelers’ spatial choices. By introducing area-of-interest (AOI), a novel spatial unit that captures the cumulative effects of tourism resources and urban facilities, the study finds that travel distance to and volume of POIs in an AOI, as well as number of prior visits to the AOI during the same journey, are decisive factors with universal influence across the cities. We also identify factors with city-specific effects or varying influence with respect to travelers’ nationalities and lengths of stay, providing insights for customized marketing and management strategies for the destinations.

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结合移动定位数据和离散选择模型来解码旅行者在城市目的地的空间选择

越来越多的移动定位数据为了解现场旅行决策提供了新的机会，特别是旅行者如何在空间上组织活动以及影响这些空间选择的因素。结合韩国三个城市的国际旅行者移动定位数据和广泛的兴趣点（POI）数据，本研究开发了一个离散选择建模框架，以揭示影响旅行者空间选择的关键因素。通过引入兴趣区域（AOI）——一种捕捉旅游资源和城市设施累积效应的新颖空间单元，研究发现，AOI中景点的旅行距离和数量，以及在同一旅程中先前访问AOI的次数，是对城市具有普遍影响的决定性因素。我们还确定了与城市特定的影响因素或与旅行者的国籍和逗留时间有关的不同影响因素，为目的地的定制营销和管理策略提供见解。

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Tourism Management Multiple-

CiteScore

24.10

自引率

7.90%

发文量

190

审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： Tourism Management, the preeminent scholarly journal, concentrates on the comprehensive management aspects, encompassing planning and policy, within the realm of travel and tourism. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the journal delves into international, national, and regional tourism, addressing various management challenges. Its content mirrors this integrative approach, featuring primary research articles, progress in tourism research, case studies, research notes, discussions on current issues, and book reviews. Emphasizing scholarly rigor, all published papers are expected to contribute to theoretical and/or methodological advancements while offering specific insights relevant to tourism management and policy.