Locations such as geodetic lines, geographical extreme points and national boundaries fascinate tourists because of their specific character, and therefore many of these have become significant tourist attractions and resources for tour-ism development. The aim of this paper is to conceptualize

This paper focuses on tourism-related opinion mining, including tourism-related opinion detection and tourist-attraction target identification. The experimental data are blog articles labeled as being in the domestic tourism category in a blogspace. Annotators were asked to annotate the opinion

Abstract -In recent times, the search for a new relationship with nature, of quality and safety of foodstuffs and in particular the need for "identity", of characterizing places as bearers of values and traditions have led an increasing number of people to see rural areas as places of values, resources, culture and products to discover and enjoy. Agriculture has taken on a multifunctional role and link with tourism is required to protect and exploit its "historical" resources (heritage) as a tool of interconnection between local products, countryside, traditions, cultural values but also to place emphasis of the territory and communicate it. The aim of paper is the role assumed today by firms regarding both the primary activity and other services, in particular those that express and support rural tourism. The objective is to assess the relationship between the company image, the entrepreneurial behavior built according to values, "typical" signs, historical resources of the rural world and the spin-offs on the territory. The research will be carried out by making specific reference to Calabria, a representative region of the Mediterranean area. Here, case-studies will be considered in sample areas where tourism and agriculture are integrated, with specific reference to vineyards and wine-making firms, is part of specific rural development strategies and initiatives. Therefore, we intend to highlight the important role of heritage and heritage marketing in order to privilege the competitive advantage that it can have for the company. The finding suggest the utility for rural tourism development: the heritage, which is often well preserved in rural areas is a valuable resource to integrate with management providing useful help as a vehicle for economic benefits also for a territory.

is taking place within the territory and the change of the functional status of territories and cities' image is an all-around and continuous process, the evaluation of cities' role in the touristic attraction of the region is an urgent task. This article studies main functional components of a

ABSTRACT We demonstrate how crowdsourcing can be used to automatically build a personalized tourist attraction recommender system, which tailors recommendations to specific individuals, so different people who use the system each get their own list of recommendations, appropriate to their own

Abstract—Massive use of places with strong tourist attraction with the consequent possibility of losing place-identity produces harmful effects on cities and their users. In order to mitigate this risk, areas close to such places can be identified so as to widen the visitor’s range of action

This paper presents INTRIGUE, a prototype tourist information server that presents information about the area around Torino city, on desktop and handset devices. This system recommends sightseeing destinations and itineraries by taking into account the preferences of heterogeneous tourist groups

The theme of the research project is to be found within the domain of ’The Management and

fundamental to the existence of tourism, and studies that shed light on the role and importance of tourist attractions find their inevitable place within this research programme. Major attractions are often labelled flagship attractions, referring to their role as focal points and as catalysts

In evolving urban tourism, some particular factors play important roles. Cities with a plethora of tourist attractions and facilities often attract a large number of tourists. Therefore, for urban tourism development, it is essential firstly to identify resources and attractions and then to assess