Architecture of the Subsystem of the Tourist Profile Formation

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the architecture of the subsystem of the tourist profile formation. Three main steps of the process of providing the user with personalized content are presented. The model of informational and technological support of the tourist profile formation process is developed. Methods of forming the person’s psychological profile such as Q method, Leary’s method, Smirnov’s method, Eysenck’s method are suggested. The analysis of these methods and their comparison is given. The profile of the user is formed on the basis of the following data: the results of the surveys concerning the definition of its psychological type and tourist preferences, information about the previous trips. The tourist profile formation subsystem consists of four interdependence components: user survey, the analysis of past user travel, definition of a psychological type of user and definition of tourist preferences. For informational and technological support of the tourist profile formation the application was developed. The main results of the survey of the people with previous experience of the tourist trips are presented. Tasks that require further research are defined.