Tourpedia App: a Web Application for Tourists and Accommodation Owners

We set out a strategy to add missing details to Tourpedia, a knowledge base containing accommodation information completely built on open data. The strategy is based on developing a Web application (called Tourpedia App), which incentivizes accommodation owners to correct and add information about their activity to Tourpedia. Valuable statistics about the accommodation context are returned to every accommodation owner, compiling missing details. Tourists can also use the Tourpedia App to search for accommodation and tourist attractions. The paper describes the strategy implemented to incentivize accommodation owners to release information about their activity. In addition, it describes how Tourpedia App is implemented and how tourists and accommodation owners can use it. The main finding of this study is the implementation of the Tourpedia App, a prototype that demonstrates that it is possible to build real applications based on open data.