Mobile Tourist Recommendation Systems Based On Tourist Trip Design Problem For Indonesia Domestic Tourist, An Exploratory Study

Tourism, as social activity, consists of many interactions with other people like asking suggestions from friends and travel agents, connecting with the transportation and accommodation provider, and sharing the experience to others. Face-to-face interaction now is changing because Internet supports it by social networking systems. Tourism information technology is growing very fast; they are not only giving the information, but also providing the recommendation for a tourist personally. Travel recommendation system is using this technology in helping travelers to choose their destination, accommodation, and activities at the destination. Many researches have tried to capture tourist profiles, developed the route algorithms, designed recommendation systems and mobile applications. Indonesia has a big potential in tourism industry. There are many various destinations for tourist, and Indonesia has a lot of domestic tourist along with revenue increasing in middle class society. This paper will denote the previous researches in profiling tourist characteristics and preferences continue with progress in algorithms and mobile recommendation systems, then the last is a mobile tourist recommendation systems model that compatible with Indonesia’s condition