2020 Airport/Station; Hospitality for foreign visitors at airports and train stations

Visualisation and Simulation of Pedestrians at Train Stations

Space utilization by humans is an important aspect in building design, especially for buildings with a substantial flow of pedestrians like train stations. We aim at a simulation of pedestrian flows as a visual feedback in the planning phase of buildings. The simulation has to provide feedback for the layout and dimensions of floor space. This includes the general organization of space as well ...

Visitor satisfaction at the museum: Italian versus foreign visitors

Trying to understand what comprises and infl uences visitor satisfaction is one of the most relevant areas of research for the tourism sector. Th e aim of this study is to analyse which factors infl uence overall satisfaction with visitors to the museum, with particular interest in national origin, feelings, and motivations. Th e research is based on 1,038 questionnaires collected from June to ...

Assessment of Plastic Waste and Its Management at Airports and Railway Stations in Delhi

The Optimization Model and Algorithm for Train Connection at Transfer Stations in Urban Rail Transit Network

In urban rail transit network, the passenger transfer time depends on the train connection states in transfer stations, so the optimization of the connection relations of arrival and departure time among trains is significant to improve the level of transfer service. Here, with the psychology of waiting passengers taken into consideration, the cost function of transfer waiting times has been es...

Geographic Concentration of Foreign Visitors to Japan

This paper provides the first evidence of geographic concentration of foreign visitors in Japan, using a new data on nights spent by foreign visitors in each region. Using locational Gini coefficients, I show that foreign visitors are more geographically concentrated than Japanese visitors and the level of geographical concentration vary across source countries. In addition, I employ gravity eq...