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Make traveler information systems at tourist attractions more useful by targeting tourists in marketing and promotion efforts and orienting user interfaces to tourists.

Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations are made to current and future traveler information system operators and their partners: Make traveler information systems more…
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Lesson
Date Posted
03/30/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Broadcast Traveler Information (TI01)
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Branson, Missouri, United States   |   Virginia, United States   |   Salt Lake City, Utah, United States   |   Maine, United States   |   Bar Harbor, Maine, United States

Stakeholders and users of the Branson TRIP (Travel and Recreation Information Program) traveler information system, found the information to be useful when the system was fully functional. Between 50 and 65 percent of respondents indicated that the

Findings from Branson, Missouri In Branson, Missouri, the main tourist season lasts for approximately 9 months and causes severe traffic congestion in the area. Highway 76 appears to be the only…
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Benefit
Date Posted
02/11/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Broadcast Traveler Information (TI01)
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Branson, Missouri, United States

In Arizona and Missouri a survey of tourists found that those who used advanced traveler information systems believed the information they received save them time.

METHODOLOGYBased on workshop meetings and collaboration with local partners in each area, the evaluators decided to use tourist intercept surveys, focus groups, and qualitative interviews to evaluate…
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Benefit
Date Posted
01/01/2002
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Broadcast Traveler Information (TI01), Personnel Device Maintenance (SU13), Personalized Traveler Information (TI02), Trip Planning and Payment (TI04), Travel Services Information and Reservation (TI09)
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Arizona, United States   |   Branson, Missouri, United States
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