On Relationship between information for the use of tourists and their excursion patterns & activity duration

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of the information uses on excursion activity patterns. The survey are conducted at the different types of sightseeing area: Fuji-Five Lakes area and Arashiyama area. First, two data sets from these surveys are empirically used for a comparative analysis to identify the basic characteristics of excursion patterns. Second, focusing on the Fuji-Five Lakes area data set the information use patterns by excursion pattern are analyzed by using the concept of timespace prism. Finally, the duration model for Kyoto-Arashiyama excursion behaviors is developed to evaluate the effect f the information use on the length of time-duration at a stop in a chain. This model indicates that the information uses significantly determine the parameters concerning the duration-time distribution.