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Making a campus tourism e-map: the case of Wuhan University, China
Campus tourism has been flourishing across the globe in recent decades. Some universities pioneer the development of campus electronic maps (e-maps) so as to provide more efficient map-based services to visitors. However, existing campus e-maps, regarding the hierarchical ordering of elements and visualization strategies, generally adhere to the approaches designed for urban-scale e-maps, leading to the dilemma that the campus e-maps are limited in practical use. Using the case of Wuhan University in China, this study first presents the methodology for classifying campus e-map elements and organizing the campus e-map zoom levels from the perspective of tourists, further demonstrates the visualization strategies, and finally provides some guidelines for making campus e-maps. This research lays a solid foundation for hierarchically ordering map elements and zoom levels, shedding fresh insights for e-map design.
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Tourism in Africa
This report is the first to examine tourism in Africa comprehensively and regionally and the first to recommend practical, evidence-based measures enabling the sector s economic and development power. This gives new impetus to the continent s development progress by leveraging tourism in pursuit of lasting poverty alleviation and the creation of significantly more jobs and opportunities for all Africans.
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Introducing cultural schema into heritage tourism map design: the case of 'Suzhou Classical Gardens' Narrative Map, China
Heritage tourism has been booming all around the world during the recent past. However, current heritage tourism maps have been locked into the traditional cartographic paradigms in standard formats and are thus incapable of exhibiting the local cultures and the stories behind them. To address this issue, this paper introduces the cultural schema theory into narrative cartographic design and proposes a novel theoretical framework for making heritage tourism maps. We use a typical 'Suzhou Classical Gardens' Narrative Map to demonstrate the usefulness and practicability of the proposed theoretical framework. We finally summarize five cartographic design guidelines for making heritage tourism maps. This study is believed to shed fresh light on cartographic design research.
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Making a narrative tourism map: the case of Jiaxing's 'Red Boat Spirit Map', China
Today, the marriage between cartographic language and narrative strategies has reshaped maps with the generative capability to represent the intangible historical characters and events involved in social memories following a narrative manner. Despite these advances, rather few efforts have been spared to unveil the potential of tourism maps in a narrative form. This paper seeks to rectify the gaps in this line of research by unfolding the underlying theories and cartographic design guidelines for making narrative tourism maps. In particular, a narrative cartographic design approach is demonstrated and evidenced to be practical using the case of 'Red Boat Spirit Map', a tourism map designed for Jiaxing City, one of the most well-known destinations of China's red tourism. It is believed that the theoretical instrument and cartographic design guidelines presented in our paper are particularly relevant and can be easily adapted to more general research of narrative maps.
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Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process and weighted sum techniques for green tourism potential mapping in the Gangetic West Bengal, India
Green tourism is an emerging sustainable approach that needs to be implemented to manage environmental pollution in a particular region. Although the Gangetic West Bengal (GWB) is full of green tourism potential, the green tourism potentiality in this region has not been revealed yet. Therefore, the present research is focused on the delineation of the green tourism potential zone of the GWB using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and weighted sum techniques. The whole methodology has been implemented here through a straightforward, concise, and multistep (5-steps) process, which removes the entanglement and intricacy of the traditional AHP technique. At the first step, nine thematic layers are prepared. In the second step, pair-wise comparison matrices are formed following the principle of eigenvector. All thematic layers are reclassified at the third stage, and priorities are assigned to each class. The weighted sum procedure is utilized in the fourth stage to get the green tourism potential map, and the consistency ratio is also checked. Finally, the green tourism potential map is classified into high, moderate, and low categories using natural breaks. About 23.753% area of the GWB is identified as the high green tourism potential zone. The 12.691% area is identified as the low green tourism potential zone, and the rest (63.555% area) are recognized as the moderate green tourism potential zone. Further, the green tourism potential map is validated using the correlation coefficient (R2) determined by the district-wise availability (percentage share) of green tourist spots and the concomitant pixel count (percentage share) of the green tourism potential zone. A high R2 value (R2 ~ 84.5%) is obtained here, and therefore, the green tourism potential map portrayed in this research can be utilized further without hesitation. The methodology used here is generous, logical, unique, and easy to implement in any region.
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Tourist Circuits Map Mechanism for Developing Mountain Tourism: An Applied Study of the Sefrou Province
The geological and geomorphological sites in the Sefrou region of Morocco represent key assets for sustainable mountain tourism, given their diversity and richness in landscape natural phenomena. These sites constitute a significant attraction for tourists interested in nature and adventure, contributing to the development of the local economy and the creation of new job opportunities. Scientific studies confirm the effectiveness of utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in planning and developing mountain tourism, specifically through the creation of precise tourist maps that facilitate the exploration of these sites for visitors. This study has led to the identification of 32 distinct geological and geomorphological sites in the Sefrou region and the design of three primary mountain tourism trails. These trails allow visitors to enjoy stunning natural landscapes and discover rock formations, caves, and valleys, in addition to learning about the geological history of the region. This study represents a significant step towards strengthening sustainable mountain tourism in the Sefrou region, by providing accurate and comprehensive information to tourists and highlighting the importance of preserving these unique natural sites for future generations
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Mining and Visualization of Tourism Cultural Image Based on the Information Transmission Model of Tourism Cultural Map—Taking Nanjing Xuanwu Lake Tourist Attraction as an Example
Tourism cultural image is vital for conveying the cultural essence of a destination, enhancing tourists’ cultural understanding and engagement. However, traditional tourism cultural maps often face challenges in clearly defining cultural themes and effectively communicating cultural and emotional information to users. To address these issues, we propose an improved information transmission model for a tourism cultural map to optimize the communication pathway between cartographers and map users. Based on this model, we introduce a method for mining and visualizing tourism cultural image using tourist attractions as the focal points. Then, based on the visualization results, we discuss the selection of map expression objects and the framework of map visualization design. Finally, we give an implementation process of a tourism cultural map of tourist attractions based on mining and visualization of tourism cultural image. To verify the method’s feasibility, we developed a mobile interactive tourism cultural map application using Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, China, as an example. The results demonstrate the method’s effectiveness in tourism cultural image mining and visualization, provide solutions to the problems of traditional tourism cultural maps, and help tourists’ understanding of the culture of tourist attractions.
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