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Forecasting of Short-Term Daily Tourist Flow Based on Seasonal Clustering Method and PSO-LSSVM

Keqing Li    
Changyong Liang    
Wenxing Lu    
Chu Li    
Shuping Zhao and Binyou Wang    

Resumen

The accurate prediction of tourist flow is essential to appropriately prepare tourist attractions and inform the decisions of tourism companies. However, tourist flow in scenic spots is a dynamic trend with daily changes, and specialized methods are necessary to measure it accurately. For this purpose, a tourist flow forecasting method is proposed in this research based on seasonal clustering. The experiment employs the K-means algorithm considering seasonal variations and the particle swarm optimization-least squares support vector machine (PSO-LSSVM) algorithm to forecast the tourist flow in scenic spots. The LSSVM is also used to compare the performance of the proposed model with that of the existing ones. Experiments based on a dataset comprising the daily tourist data for Mountain Huangshan during the period between 2014 and 2017 are conducted. Our results show that seasonal clustering is an effective method to improve tourist flow prediction, besides, the accuracy of daily tourist flow prediction is significantly improved by nearly 3 percent based on the hybrid optimized model combining seasonal clustering. Compared with other algorithms which provide predictions at monthly intervals, the method proposed in this research can provide more timely analysis and guide professionals in the tourism industry towards better daily management.

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