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SUMMIT: Supporting Rural Tourism with Motivational Intelligent Technologies

Authors:
Mei Yii Lim
Sarah M Gallacher
Nicholas K Taylor

Keywords: location-based; gamification; personalisation; rewards; tourism

Abstract:
SUMMIT is a mobile app that aims to gamify the experience of walkers and hikers and benefit the local communities through which they perambulate. It encourages physical activity through gamification of the user experience by adding additional elements of social fun and motivation to walking and hiking activities. It rewards users for their physical effort by offering access to local resources, hence increasing awareness and appreciation of the local assets and heritage and contributing to the local economy. The evaluation results show that both businesses and walkers were very receptive to the idea.

Pages: 50 to 55

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: July 19, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-418-3

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 19, 2015 to July 24, 2015