Trial of Wi-Fi packet sensing for surveying tourists travel behavior remote islands: A Case Study in Yaeyama Islands

Abstract

In recent years, traffic surveys using Wi-Fi packet sensors have been conducted, and it has gradually become clear that tourist excursion behavior can be quantitatively grasped, but no application example on remote islands can be seen. In this study, we will investigate the possibility of grasping the actual conditions of island excursions by the same survey method. There is a World Natural Heritage site in the area, and continuous monitoring of visitors is essential from a natural environmental management point of view, but traditional survey methods are still difficult in terms of cost and personnel. In this survey, sensors were installed at major traffic nodes in the Yaeyama Islands to monitor tourism (including inter-island travel). As a result, we clarified excursions between remote islands on the first day of tourists.