The ontology for tourists is concerned with a typical tourist's
preferences. The concepts and their relationships for this
ontology are derived from research in choice models, an
important component of tourism literature. Choice models
study factors that inuence the selection of tourism services,
such as what attractions a tourist may choose to visit [8]. For
this research, a set of factors is extracted from the choice
model literature using the 64 papers listed in Appendix A
(in addition to the references). Information about these factors
includes their name, denition, and properties. The extracted
factors and `sub-factors' in the original literature are used
as concepts and sub-concepts, respectively, in the ontology
for tourists. The concept and sub-concept relationships are
specied based on the context of the literature. The properties
associated with the factors specied in the original literature
are treated as the properties of the concepts in the ontology.