Mobility, Transportation and Navigation

[E4-03] Location-Based Content Tourism Support System on Foot

*Nobuaki Nagano¹, Kayoko Yamamoto¹ (1. Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications)

Keywords:Content Tourism, Location Information, Sightseeing Spots, Sightseeing Route, Tourism Support

Content tourism, or trips to places modeled after works such as anime and movies, is gaining popularity in Japan. Content tourism differs from conventional forms of tourism in that the places tourists visit are known only to the fans of the works including animation, novel and the like. Therefore, it is also very important for people living in the area to know the information about places related to contents of the works in order to promote content tourism. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to design and developed a system that supports content tourism not only for fans of the works but also for residents. This system has the function of creating sightseeing routes and allowing the use of such routes. Users select the places they wish to visit and create their sightseeing routes, and this system displays the routes and nearby sightseeing spots using the users' location information. This system will also provide a function that allows users to share information by viewing and rating sightseeing routes created by other users. This system is expected to help residents deepen their understanding of their community and improve their health by walking around the area.