The Time Distribution and Guide Analysis of Visiting Behavior of Tourism Website Users

This paper obtained detailed data from many kinds of online survey systems and website traffic statistic tools. The data are summarized using time-distributing characteristics of the browsing behavior of tourism website visitors on daily, weekly and yearly bases. Under this condition, this paper analyzed the relationship of the traffic of tourism websites and the tourists. Four questions are researched: (1) the self characteristics of website, the comparison of China and foreign countries, and the comparison of southern and northern regions in China; (2) the comparison between the whole internet browsing with different kinds of websites browsing; (3) the comparison of the internet and tradition media; and (4) the guide of tourism website information flow to realistic tourists flow. The time-distributing characteristics of the browsing behavior of tourism website visitors on daily, weekly and yearly bases: Daily: (1) the characteristic is bimodal distribution, 10:00 am and 14:00 pm are the summit, and 20:00-22:00 pm is high frequency stage. The browsing time variation is different in China and other countries, and in northern and southern China. There is close connection in browsing behavior of users and their habits. (2) There are great differences in the browsing time-stage of tourism websites, the whole Internet and the main websites. (3) The time characteristic and reason of browsing behavior of users can be explained from the deep level of users' identity variable. (4) The browsing behavior of tourism websites is different from the looking and hearing behavior of TV media: the time-distributing of net media is dispersive, and the net-usage rate is higher beyond the golden stage. (5) Overall, the tourist traffic daily is the same with the usage trend of tourism websites. From time to time, the information flow does not guide to people flow. Weekly: (1) the self characteristic has no obvious difference in China and foreign countries, and in southern and northern regions. The time distribution of browsing behavior of users is low at weekends and high on weekdays. (2) There are similar characteristics and different characteristics when comparing the whole internet with other types of websites. The usage rate is low at weekends and high on weekdays, which is the same compared with other type websites, mainly because the users get some outdoor activities such as sport. (3) The usage type of tourism website appears "Z-shaped" distribution pattern, and the using trend of websites is complementary each other with tourist distribution. The browsing traffic of tourism website is high on weekdays and low at weekends, and people flow is low on weekdays and high at weekends. Yearly: (1) the self characteristic is the complicated multiple characteristic type. There are obvious differences between China and other countries, and between southern and northern regions. The traffic of websites that has no obvious regionality is the highest before golden week yearly, in other time stage, the cycle is week and the changing of traffic is little. The traffic of websites that has obvious regionality is one-peak distribution type yearly. (2) The browsing time behavior and the fluctuation of tourist flow with time have close connections. The season influences the seasonal distribution of tourist flow, and influences the seasonal distribution of the usage of tourism websites. The society season produces the splice effect. It causes the yearly traffic trend of tourism websites and tourist flow trend wavy, which is the guidance of information flow to people flow of tourism websites.