Demand for Location-Based Social Networking Services in Tourism Cities

Authors

  • Shifeng Wu, Dan Li, Yanyan Wang, Feng Gu

Abstract

The advent of mobile Internet era has brought opportunities and challenges to tourism development. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee once again proposed to promote modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, and clarified the position of tourism industry in the national economy in attempt to develop the tourism industry into a modern service industry more satisfactory to the people. The essential difference between location-based social networking services and traditional networking services lies in the acquisition and application of location information. Application of this technology can help us better adapt to the dynamics of tourism activities and enhance intelligence degree of tourism. This paper sorts out the research on the construction of smart tourism cities and location-based social networking services at home and abroad, and combines the importance of location based services to tourism activities to analyze the needs of location-based social networking services in tourism city from the perspective of different interests of tourism cities, and finally proposes specific ways to meet specific needs from the four perspectives of infrastructure construction, new technology application, platform development, and marketing.

Published

2020-02-28

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