Tourist Route Optimization in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

Păcurar, Cristina Maria; Albu, Ruxandra-Gabriela; Păcurar, Victor Dan

doi:10.3390/su13105492

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“…This section includes the paper published in 2016–2023 related to route optimization within indoor environments. The backtracking technique to adopt the traveling salesman problem for route optimization was presented as a novel method to organize tourist itineraries inside a place ( 12 ). Similarly, a dynamic technique that uses real-time situation awareness to optimize indoor evacuation routes was proposed.…”

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3D indoor modeling and game theory based navigation for pre and post COVID-19 situation

Singh,

Tyagi,

Singh

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected human behavior, creating a need for individuals to be more cautious about health and safety protocols. People are becoming more aware of their surroundings and the importance of minimizing the risk of exposure to potential sources of infection. This shift in mindset is particularly important in indoor environments, especially hospitals, where there is a greater risk of virus transmission. The implementation of route planning in these areas, aimed at minimizing interaction and exposure, is crucial for positively influencing individual behavior. Accurate maps of buildings help provide location-based services, prepare for emergencies, and manage infrastructural facilities. There aren’t any maps available for most installations, and there are no proven techniques to categorize features within indoor areas to provide location-based services. During a pandemic like COVID-19, the direct connection between the masses is one of the significant preventive steps. Hospitals are the main stakeholders in managing such situations. This study presents a novel method to create an adaptive 3D model of an indoor space to be used for localization and routing purposes. The proposed method infuses LiDAR-based data-driven methodology with a Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) model-driven process using game theory. The game theory determines the object localization and optimal path for COVID-19 patients in a real-time scenario using Nash equilibrium. Using the proposed method, comprehensive simulations and model experiments were done using QGIS to identify an optimized route. Dijkstra algorithm is used to determine the path assessment score after obtaining several path plans using dynamic programming. Additionally, Game theory generates path ordering based on the custom scenarios and user preference in the input path. In comparison to other approaches, the suggested way can minimize time and avoid congestion. It is demonstrated that the suggested technique satisfies the actual technical requirements in real-time. As we look forward to the post-COVID era, the tactics and insights gained during the pandemic hold significant value. The techniques used to improve indoor navigation and reduce interpersonal contact within healthcare facilities can be applied to maintain a continued emphasis on safety, hygiene, and effective space management in the long term. The use of three-dimensional (3D) modeling and optimization methodologies in the long-term planning and design of indoor spaces promotes resilience and flexibility, encouraging the adoption of sustainable and safe practices that extend beyond the current pandemic.

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3D indoor modeling and game theory based navigation for pre and post COVID-19 situation

Singh,

Tyagi,

Singh

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Although vaccinations may help solve the threat of COVID-19, it is unlikely to completely eradicate the spread of the virus in the short term [81]; thus, government units can use border control and social pandemic prevention measures to enhance people's confidence in the safety of the internal environment. In addition, it is suggested that tour operators can plan, arrange, or provide non-contact tourism experiences [3], environments, activities, and even destinations that make tourists feel safer and that reduce their risk perception [23,[82][83][84][85], thereby reducing tourists' perceived risk, alleviating travel anxiety, and restoring their confidence [14,27]. Since previous studies indicate that VAT increase will not have a negative impact on foreign tourist inflow [86,87], this study recommends that government consider VAT increase for foreign tourists to support policies to improve or maintain safe environment.…”

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Can We Return to Our Normal Life When the Pandemic Is under Control? A Preliminary Study on the Influence of COVID-19 on the Tourism Characteristics of Taiwan

Kuo

2021

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented destructive impacts and challenges to global industry and has had a wide impact on people’s lives. The threat of the virus has also caused a change in tourist travel consumption behavior. This study preliminarily examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism consumption characteristics of Taiwanese people. The consumption characteristic changes of 393 people regarding their plans for domestic and outbound tourism during the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as after the pandemic ends were surveyed and collected. This study also examined and attempted to understand the relationship between people’s satisfaction with the government’s revitalization plan, the pandemic prevention policy, and their domestic tourism frequency during the pandemic period, and the results showed that during the pandemic, people’s tourism characteristics have changed and tend to be conservative. Since the pandemic is over, while there were no significant differences between people’s planned travel expenditures in Taiwan and those before the outbreak, their intended travel time was shortened. Regarding the choice of travel equipment, people had reduced the use of public transportation. Regarding outbound tourism, after the pandemic, as people’s planned travel days will be reduced, it is expected that travel expenditures will be significantly higher than before the pandemic, which shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on people’s outbound tourism consumption characteristics. During the pandemic, compared with the subsidies for tourism, how to make people feel at ease in the process of tourism is of great importance. Therefore, it is suggested that in the short-term, border control and social pandemic prevention policies should be adopted to enhance people’s confidence in government pandemic prevention, and the general public should be supplemented with travel subsidies in order to promote people’s enthusiasm for tourism. The results of this study provide useful suggestions for government units, tour operators, and related research during the pandemic and offer preliminary insights for the recovery of the tourism industry after the pandemic.

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“…In addition to these challenges and global actions to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector, the literature has brought new insights and case studies. Other authors suggested a method for organizing tourism routes within a destination with the aim of shortening the tourist length of stay, reducing impacts and preventing the concentration of too many tourists in the same place at the same time [34]. Other authors suggested a development model towards sustainable and regenerative tourism by suggesting creative tourism activities, where they exerted the capacity of creative tourism to implement a "framework to develop innovative approaches for a sustainable cultural tourism that is place-responsive and communityengaged" [35] (p. 2) and which promotes a more balanced interest between locals and tourists.…”

Section: Health and Safety In Creative Tourism Activities: Impacts Challenges And Strategiesmentioning

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Strategies for Creative Tourism Activities in Pandemic Contexts: The Case of the ‘Saídas de Mestre’ Project

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The development of creative tourism in small towns in rural areas has been the subject of growing interest and research from different perspectives. As part of the national CREATOUR project, which took place in Portugal over about four years, various organisations with relevant activity in the cultural aspect of creative tourism were analysed, constituting a successful reference at a national and international level. However, since mid-2020, the health crisis owing to the pandemic made it necessary to reflect and work under new circumstances for tourism, in contexts not previously planned for, and at the same time as continuing to champion sustainable development. It is in this context that the present study emerges, the aim of which is to identify organizations’ strategies for adaptation within the scope of creative tourism activities in a pandemic situation. This empirical approach is anchored in the case study of the activities of the ‘Saídas de Mestre’ project based on intangible cultural heritage, using in-depth analysis of strategies developed to mitigate the effects of supply and demand constraints. The results show that there was no disintegration of the supply structure, as planned, due to the fact that creative activities are based on the valorisation of the principles of sustainable development and, therefore, depend on endogenous resources and local agents, who remained accessible.

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Tourist Route Optimization in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

Cited by 22 publications

References 46 publications

3D indoor modeling and game theory based navigation for pre and post COVID-19 situation

3D indoor modeling and game theory based navigation for pre and post COVID-19 situation

Can We Return to Our Normal Life When the Pandemic Is under Control? A Preliminary Study on the Influence of COVID-19 on the Tourism Characteristics of Taiwan

Strategies for Creative Tourism Activities in Pandemic Contexts: The Case of the ‘Saídas de Mestre’ Project

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