Mobile Positioning; Big Data; Tourism statistics; Restrictive legislation; Covid-19; Swine fever
Abstract :
[en] Like many other sectors, tourism has been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis over the last two years. The confinements and border closures imposed by the authorities have brought the sector to a nearly complete halt. There are many other contexts in which restrictive legislations have been introduced impacting the sector. The objective of the research is to highlight the effects of restrictive legislation on tourism statistics through two examples, the first containment imposed during the Covid-19 crisis (2020) and the swine fever health crisis (2018) with the prohibition of circulating in the forest to control the spread of the disease. We use mobile phone data acquired on the basis of a methodology developed with the mobile phone operator Proximus, the market leader in Wallonia (Nyns & Schmitz, 2022). The analyses are based on the comparison of these data at different periods before and during the crisis. They also contribute to address the issues of validity, reliability, and accuracy of this type of data.
Nyns, S. & Schmitz, S. 2022. Using mobile data to evaluate unobserved tourist overnight stays, Tourism Management 89, 14p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2021.104453
Research Center/Unit :
Laplec
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Nyns, Symi ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères
Schmitz, Serge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (Laboratoire pour l'analyse des lieux, des paysages et des campagnes européennes LAPLEC)
Language :
English
Title :
Can mobile phone data assess the impact of sanitary crises on tourism ? The cases of Covid-19 and swine fever in Wallonia
Alternative titles :
[fr] Les données de téléphonie mobile permettent-elles d'évaluer l'impact des crises sanitaires sur le tourisme ? Les cas de la Covid-19 et de la peste porcine en Wallonie
Original title :
[en] Can mobile phone data assess the impact of sanitary crises on tourism ? The cases of Covid-19 and swine fever in Wallonia