Self-Planning Traveller System

This study aimed to understand the problems faced by self-planningtravellers when they plan for a trip by searching travel information fromthe Internet and propose a system to facilitate the self-planning travellersto obtain useful travel information. An online survey was conducted viasocial media to understand the problems, the search criteria and types ofcontent of travel itinerary needed in facilitating the planning. A total of65 responses were collected. The results showed that there were too manyunrelated information on the Web and travellers were unsure of where tostart the search. Also, the result revealed that the search criteria needed togenerate travel itinerary were travel date, travel duration, travel countryand travel budget. Finally, flight schedule, hotel accommodation, sightseeingplaces, travelling route and things to do were the information required by travellers for their travel itineraries. Based on the results, a travel itineraryrecommendation system named eTravelPlanner is proposed.