Customizing a Tourism Routes
Main Topic: Places and Regions
Secondary Topic: Human Geography
Overview: The travel agency used to plan economic tourism routes for tour groups and expensive route making services for personal or small groups. Many people are not satisfied with group tours or expensive personal services. Fortunately, with the huge amount of information from the Internet, the travel agency now can provide a more affordable customizing plan with a better experience through online service. Collecting information of the locations of attractions, restaurants and hotels and transportations between each activity. Predicting traffic situation especially in holiday and giving suggestions about avoiding crowd to make the plan perfect. Analyzing users’ data from previous years to predict the traveling trend.
Geographers at Work: Human Geographers
Recommended College Courses: Physical Geography, Human Geography, Regional Geography, World Geography, Geographic Information Systems
Skills: GIS, data analysis, information searching and integrating, geovisualization, programming, market analysis.
