Abstract
A bicycle is useful because of its flexibility and mobility for tourists to move around in large-scale regions including in rural areas. This study investigates tourists' behavior in the context of rental bicycle use in Azumino, Nagano, Japan. A GPS and GIS are used for tracking tourists on bicycles and their movement is logged and analyzed. The average utilization time is two and a half hours and the average travel distance is 11 kilometers. The time spent walking, at under 5 km/h on GPS logs, is longer than the time spent cycling, at above 5 km/h. Dual kernel density estimation is applied to visualize the intensities of tourists' space use, considering the differences between walking and cycling. Moreover, tourists' behavior is classified into three patterns by the sequence of their movement on GPS tracks. The sequence, time, and distance are compared in each pattern. Based on the results of these analyses, the determined factors of tourists' movement patterns are discussed.
