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Mapping tourist hot spots in African cities based on Instagram images
Author(s) -
Paül i Agustí Daniel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2360
Subject(s) - tourism , geography , contrast (vision) , regional science , economic geography , destination image , subject (documents) , advertising , cartography , destinations , business , computer science , artificial intelligence , world wide web , archaeology
Knowing in which areas tourists concentrate is fundamental for managing its effects. However, to date, research in this subject has mainly been carried out only in European and North American cities. The current article, in contrast, focuses on six African cities. We have analysed the spatial concentration of the images captured by Instagram users to identify the most visited locations. The results obtained show how there is a strong spatial concentration of images in African cities, little territorial continuity between the spaces visited, and a predominance of private attractions. These are important differences with respect to what has been described in the literature in other contexts.