Warasan Witthayasat Lae Theknoloyi Mahawitthayalai Mahasarakham (Dec 2019)

Applications of Location Based Services for Suggesting Tourist Attractionin12 Hidden Gems Cities of the Central Tourism Group

  • Thanyarat Chaiyakarm

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 6
pp. 666 – 673

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The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the location of tourist attractions including classifying the types of tourism by characteristics and tourist site activity and 2) to suggest tourist attractions using Location Based Service (LBS) technology through Google Maps GIS online service for itinerary planning using mobile portable devices according to the tourist satisfaction in order to providethe tourist information about distance, time, order and direction to access the location with the lowest expenses and also publicize the alternative city tourist attractions. Application ofthe geographic information system for tourist attraction locating and tourism mapping by area survey for collecting the tourist location using A-GPS (Assisted GPS), revealed that there were 8 tourist attraction types in the area of study classified in accordance with the criteria of Tourism Authority of Thailand: eco-tourism and agricultural attractions, natural hot spring attractions, cave attractions, waterfall attractions, historical attractions, cultural attractions, Arts and Sciences educational attractions and recreational attractions. The numbers of attractions in each province were asfollows: 67 attractions in Ratchaburi province, 72 attractions in Suphan Buri province, 21 attractions in Nakhon Pathom province, and 20 attractions in Samut Songkhram province, 180 attractions altogether. All tourist attractions were used for locating with Location Based Service (LBS) and displayed through cell phones, PDAs or other mobile devices. Informationcould be distributed and publicized conveniently to other people viavarious channels such as Gmail, Google Drive, Facebook and Twitter. It will be useful in itinerary planning for the people who were unaccustomed to the routes and require suggestion ofthe hidden gems attractions in the area of study.

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