Tourism Informatics

Undergraduate Class
Department of Tourism Science, Faculty of Urban Environmental Science
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Winter Semester - Tue. 3rd slot., Bldg.11 - Rm.210
Lecturer: Associate Prof. Yohei Kurata
email: ykurata[at!]tmu.ac.jp


This class introduces the latest information/communication technologies (especially, those in spatial information science) which will be important for considering tourist information services, and seeks the possibilities of their applications to tourism.

2015 (Plan)

1. Let’s think about tourism behavior in Internet age
2. Location-based Service and Tourism
3. Augmented Reality and Tourism
4. Gamification and Tourism - I
5. Gamification and Tourism - II
6. Student Presentation I
7. Co-creation of Tourism and Tourism Information
8. Personalized Information Service in Tourism
9. Panorama, 3D modeling, and Tourism
11. Learning from Service Engineering
12. Fundamentals of Tourism Information
13. Student Presentation II: Proposing future tourist information tols
14. Discussion: What information we should provide to foreign tourists
15. Exam & Comments

2014 (Finished)

1. Oct. 7 Let’s think about tourism behavior in Internet age Slide
2. Oct. 14 Location-based Service and Tourism Slide
3. Oct. 21 Augmented Reality and Tourism Slide
4. Oct. 28 Gamification and Tourism - I Slide
5. Nov. 11 Gamification and Tourism - II Slide
6. Nov. 18 Student Presentation I
7. Nov. 25 Co-creation of Tourism and Tourism Information Slide
8. Dec. 2 Personalized Information Service in Tourism Slide
9. Dec. 9 Panorama, 3D modeling, and Tourism Slide
10. Dec. 16 Student Presentation - II Slide
11. Jan. 6 Learning from Service Engineering Slide
12. Jan. 13 The Origin of Tourism Information Slide
13. Jan. 20 Fial Exam
14-15. Jan. 27 Special Seminar

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