Journal
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages 249-256Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.12.005
Keywords
Nature-based tourism; Social big data; Cultural ecosystem service; Protected area; Spatial visitation pattern; ASEAN heritage park
Funding
- Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Korea government [20170325]
- Korea Coast Guard [KCG-01-2017-05]
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Spatial visitation patterns and its features on nature-based tourism are difficult to assess using only a field-based survey, which is costly and labor intensive. However, understanding of a protected area's visitation status is critical, as it can strongly influence the sustainability of natural resources. Hence, it is important to identify `where people visit' and 'why people visit,' to evaluate the features attractive to tourists. In this regard, we proposed and applied social big data to investigate nature-based tourism in an ASEAN Heritage Park. Overall, our research was able to effectively illustrate spatial patterns of visitation using 10 years of Flickr geo-tagged photographs. Hotspots of high visitation were identified, while revealing the local spatial impact of distributed attributes. This study offers insights into the applicability of social big data to protected-area management and its potential in reinforcing existing field-based participatory approaches.
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