FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CITY CENTER EXCURSION FEATURE ON STEP COUNTS AND LENGTH OF STAY

Abstract

This study utilized participant questionnaires and GPS log data to analyze the characteristics of city center excursions focusing on trip location, length of stay and step counts. The data reveals that users of public transport and those who visited the city center for the purposes of having a meal, socializing, or participating in entertainment activities, recorded higher levels of both step counts and length of stay. In addition, we compared and divided data to reveal additional relationships on the composition of participant attributes. Finally, questionnaire data answered by study participants, suggests that participants who recorded both high step counts and longer trip lengths, tended to visit various shops and facilities that straddled areas in the city center.