RT Journal Article
T1 Using Flickr Geotagged Photos to Estimate Visitor Trajectories in World Heritage Cities
A1 Domènech, Antoni
A1 Mohino, Inmaculada
A1 Moya Gómez, Borja
AB World tourism dynamics are in constant change, as well as they are deeply shaping the trajectories of cities. The “call effect” for having the World Heritage status has boosted tourism in many cities. The large number of visitors and the side effects, such as the overcrowding of central spaces, are arousing the need to develop and protect heritage assets. Hence, the analysis of tourist spatial behaviour is critical for tackling the needs of touristified cities correctly. In this article, individual visitor spatiotemporal trajectories are reconstructed along with the urban network using thousands of geotagged Flickr photos taken by visitors in the historic centre of the World Heritage City of Toledo (Spain). A process of trajectory reconstruction using advanced GIS techniques has been implemented. The spatial behaviour has been used to classify the tourist sites offered on the city’s official tourist map, as well as to identify the association with the land uses. Results bring new knowledge to understand visitor spatial behaviour and new visions about the influence of the urban environment and its uses on the visitor spatial behaviour. Our findings illustrate how tourist attractions and the location of mixed commercial and recreational uses shape the visitor spatial behaviour. Overflowed streets and shadow areas underexplored by visitors are pinpointed.
PB MDPI
SN 2220-9964
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94764
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94764
LA eng
NO Domènech, Antoni, Inmaculada Mohino, y Borja Moya-Gómez. «Using Flickr Geotagged Photos to Estimate Visitor Trajectories in World Heritage Cities». ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, n.o 11 (29 de octubre de 2020): 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9110646.
NO European Commission 
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025