Identifying Chinese tourists' travel patterns in Australia from Weibo posts

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Chen, Jinyan
Becken, Susanne
Stantic, Bela
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2020
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Travel involves movements of people through time and space. Understanding the travel flows is helpful for management and marketing, as well as for investing and product development. China is Australia's fastest-growing inbound tourism market and the most significant contributor to international visitor spending. Therefore, understanding the travel patterns of Chinese visitors in Australia is a priority. In this work, data was collected and analyzed from Weibo posts using a particular name of cities or attractions in Australia. Paper examined the geographical travel patterns of Chinese tourists. Present the popularity of Australia destinations from Weibo posts and the combination of the travel patterns as results.

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CAUTHE 2020: 20: 20 Vision: New Perspectives on the Diversity of Hospitality, Tourism and Events
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Pattern recognition
Data mining and knowledge discovery
Travel Patterns
Social Media
Chinese Tourists
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Chen, J; Becken, S; Stantic, B, Identifying Chinese tourists' travel patterns in Australia from Weibo posts, 2020