Tourist mobility and advanced tracking technologies

• Main Author: Shoval, Noam.
• Other Authors: Isaacson, Michal.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge advances in tourism ; 19.
• Subjects: Tourism > Social aspects.; Tourism > Psychological aspects.; Travelers > Psychology.; Tracking radar.; Tourism.; TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.; TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.; TRAVEL > Budget.; TRAVEL > Ecotourism. > Special Interest; TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.; TRAVEL > Reference.; TRAVEL > Road Travel.; TRAVEL > Adventure. > Special Interest; Electronic books.
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Recent developments in tracking technologies have opened up new possibilities for research into tourist spatial behavior. This book examines the various technologies available to track pedestrians and motorized vehicles as well as the moral, ethical and legal issues arising from the utilization of d...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theoretical aspects of tourists' spatial behavior
• Methodological aspects of measurement and visualization of tourists' spatial behavior
• Land-based tracking technologies
• Satellite-based tracked technologies
• Methodological challenges
• Understanding the tourist
• Understanding the destination
• Ethical questions and the tracking of tourists
• Conclusion.