Abstract
The paper presents an innovative method for tourist route planning inside a destination. The necessity of reorganizing the tourist routes within a destination comes as an immediate response to the Covid-19 crisis. The implementation of the method inside tourist destinations can bring an important advantage in transforming a destination into a safer one in times of Covid-19 and post-Covid-19. The existing trend of shortening the tourist stay length has been accelerated while the epidemic became a pandemic. Moreover, the wariness for future pandemics has brought into spotlight the issue of overcrowded attractions inside a destination at certain moments. The method presented in this paper proposes a backtracking algorithm, more precisely an adaptation of the travelling salesman problem. The method presented is aimed to facilitate the navigation inside a destination and to revive certain less-visited sightseeing spots inside a destination while facilitating conformation with the social distancing measures imposed for Covid-19 control.
Highlights
At the end of December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China.The new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 in February 2020, causes the Covid-19 disease, which has affected, at a steady pace, the entire world
Finding the shortest route which passes through all landmarks can be useful, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, emphasis must be put on fluidized routes inside a destination to avoid overcrowding places and make it possible for all the social distancing measures imposed by the crisis to be respected
We believe that the tourist routes adapted to the characteristics of tourists who are interested in visiting the old town of Braşov, that we propose in this paper, would encourage the active involvement of the tourists in determining the most appropriate routes which comply with certain requirements previously stated by tourists who have visited the old town of Braşov
Summary
At the end of December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China. The new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 in February 2020, causes the Covid-19 disease, which has affected, at a steady pace, the entire world. Almost every country in the world has reported cases of Covid-19. The pandemic has affected in a different proportion every industry and sector. One of the industries which is severely and most probably long-term affected is the tourism industry. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on tourism can be acknowledged at many different levels. The measures taken worldwide to prevent the spreading of the disease have affected all possibilities of travel and forced many people to cancel their trips or postpone them to a later unknown date
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