Tourist type profiling in Web 3d: A Second Life experience

The World Wide Web has become an important source of information for tourists planning their vacation. So, tourism <br> recommender systems supporting users in their decision making process by suggesting suitable holiday destinations or <br> travel packages based on user profiles are an area of vivid research. Since a picture paints a thousand words we have <br> conducted an online survey revealing significant dependencies between tourism-related photographs and tourist types. <br> The results of the survey are packaged in a tourist profiling tool within the collaborative virtual environment of Second <br> Life. It is now possible to generate a user profile in an enjoyable way by simply selecting photos without enduring <br> lengthy form-based self assessments.