Publish/Subscribe Systems in Tourism

Abstract

Publish/subscribe is a communication paradigm that suits mobileapplication development due to the loosely coupled, asynchronous andanonymous communication mechanisms it involves. The Phoenixpublish/subscribe system is a newly created communication middlewareaimed at the tourism domain, representing both a tool for theexperimental study of mobility and the development of value-addedvisitor-oriented tourism applications, including a real-time visitortracking system and a location-based mobile tourist guide application.initial validation of the Phoenix system has been carried out withpositive results that will require additional validation.