| Sumario: | Nowadays, many people rely on online services to plan a trip. However, they are usually faced with the problem of being supplied with lots of information. In consequence, they have to invest a great deal of time to decide what to visit, when, etc. This huge amount of possibilities available on the net makes it difficult for users to discern the more interesting offers from the rest. As a result, the more appealing offers can go unnoticed. In order to improve the tourist experience, recommender systems offer personalised information to users. In other words, the system selects the more suitable and adequate offers for users and offers activities appropriate to their profile. In this thesis, we present the EnoSigTur system, a smart recommender system for tourists interested in experiences related to the wine sector. It has been developed in the Parc Científic i Tecnològic de Turisme i Oci of Vila-seca with the collaboration of researchers in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Trough a web application, the system allows users to know wine production activities available in the region of Tarragona. Users just have to indicate their interests in general terms and the system will select the more convenient activities for them. EnoSigTur is capable of modifying the initial information of the users preferences by studying the interaction between the user and the system, and offering them more adjusted recommendations. This system also allows users to plan a trip by providing advanced planning services; for example, date, length of the trip, etc. A mobile phone application will permit users to monitor the planned trip while it is taking place. EnoSigTur is designed to supply a user-friendly and flexible service either to visitors with a superficial knowledge of the wine production area, or to experienced visitors who have already been in contact with these types of activities. Moreover, as we suggested before, it provides personalised recommendations according to users interests, gives clients the necessary tools to plan the trip and makes it possible for them to discover other activities in the region. In the following chapters we will deal with the main problems that tourism presents in terms of information search and decision-making processes. We will also present the recommender systems and the ontology, so that the reader will be able to grasp the gist of the project. Finally, we will give details of our recommender system
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