{"id":18,"date":"2020-11-12T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.ec.tuwien.ac.at\/webtour21\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2020-11-13T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T09:54:18","slug":"call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.ec.tuwien.ac.at\/webtour21\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the years, the Web has become a premier source of information in almost every area we can think about. When considering tourism, the Web became the primary source of information for travelers.&nbsp;When planning trips, people search for information about destinations, accommodations, attractions, means of transportation, in short, everything related to their future trip.&nbsp;Once done searching they reserve almost everything online.&nbsp;The blessing of the easily accessible information comes with the curse of information overload.&nbsp;Here where Web search techniques and recommendation systems come into play.&nbsp;This is especially true recently with the appearance of COVID-19 and the uncertainty and transformative power it brings traveling.&nbsp;WebTour 2021 will bring together researchers and practitioners working on developing and improving tools and techniques for improving users\u2019 ability to better find relevant information that matches their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics of Interest (but not limited to):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Systems, applications and novel techniques<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information search in travel and tourism<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommendation systems for travel and tourism<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Route planning and trip recommendation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data integration methods<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case studies and evaluation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User modeling in tourism<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travelers preference elicitation\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Context and mobility<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information needs, information access and search patterns<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cold-start problem in tourist information search<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interaction concepts with personal and group displays<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personalized explanations and feedback of recommendation systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital storytelling and narratives<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networks, governance and policy<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysis of networks in tourism\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novel ICT and its impact on travel and tourism<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability of the tourism ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel and tourism in the COVID-19 and post-covid era<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.ec.tuwien.ac.at\/webtour21\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WebTour-2021-CFP.pdf\">Download call for papers.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, the Web has become a premier source of information in almost every area we can think about. 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