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All roads lead to the places of your interest: An on‐demand, ride‐sharing visitor transport service
Author(s) -
Zheng Weimin,
Zhuang Xinyi,
Liao Zhixue,
Li Mengling,
Lin Zhibin
Publication year - 2021
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.2449
Subject(s) - visitor pattern , tourism , sharing economy , service (business) , computer science , service quality , pareto principle , scheduling (production processes) , business , operations research , environmental economics , transport engineering , marketing , operations management , engineering , economics , world wide web , political science , law , programming language
Successful visitor transport within large tourist sites should balance visitor experience and operating costs. Inspired by the model of sharing economy, we design a “user‐centered” intelligent visitor transport system to improve the efficiency and quality of experience of transport service in large tourist sites. The system's core approach is a three‐stage heuristic model based on Pareto optimality. Results of the proposed service indicate a drastic reduction of visitor delay time and an improvement in energy efficiency. The proposed scheduling schemes for organizers are more diversified and adaptable than the existing service.