Tourism Data Categories
What types of tourism data are there?
Data has become a driving force in almost every industry, and tourism is no exception. In today’s digital age, the tourism sector generates vast amounts of data from a variety of sources, including transactions, tourism offers and the tourism environment. Explore the most important categories of data in tourism and their sources
Points of IntErest (POIs) and Routes
Information about specific point locations that tourists may find useful or interesting, including their geographical coordinations and accessibility.
Search and Web Traffic Data
Information on websites and their number of visitors, users, clicks, duration of the visits, and the trends derived from all of this information.
Research and Consulting
Analysis and forecasts prepared by the research institutions, consulting companies, industry associations.
Transaction Data
Data about transaction made, including reservations, current occupancy rates, sold services, payments.
Traffic AND Mobility Data
Data about the traffic at airports, railway stations, tourism destinations. Information about number of visitors in selected places.
Tourist-related data
Data refering to the tourists, for example data from CRM systems, communication data, mobility data.
Tourism Environment Data
Data on tourism environment understood as external factors influencing tourism, e.g. weather, climate, holiday calendar, condition of infrastructure.
Tourism Offer Data
Information about the tourism offerings, including opening hours, availaibility, prices, description, pictures and videos.
User-Generated Content
Content created and shared online by the customers, tourists in form of text, videos, images, reviews.
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