Development of new research method made use of RFID on tourist' s behavior

• Project/Area Number: 21653021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: FUJII Daijiro 山口大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90034876)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: 旅日記カード・システム / 位置情報取得技術 / 観光客動態調査 / 旅日記カード / 位置情報 / RSSI / GPS

Research Abstract

In this study, a new method of accurate and exhaustive research on tourist' s behavior is developed by making use of RFID technology. Functions of original Idea named" Travel Diary Card System" are built-in as developed application programs of the smart-phone units which are recently in common use. It is showed that carrying the unit with a tourist make possible to survey automatically the records on time path of a tourist and his spending behavior.