Προώθηση των περιοχών της Ελλάδας με την βοήθεια της κοινότητας χρηστών μιας «έξυπνης» εφαρμογής διαδικτύου, η οποία χρησιμοποιεί web services
Community driven promotion of the areas of Greece through an intelligent web application using web services

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Διαδικτυακή εφαρμογή ; Τουριστική βιομηχανία ; Web application ; Recommendation systems ; Web services ; APIsAbstract
During the last decade, there is a constant effort to consolidate the tourism industry as a key point of the Greek economy. At the same time, while tourism and the promotion of areas with tourist interest have evolved tremendously, there is a phenomenon that a large number of people want to avoid the "classic" tourist experience that the organized holiday packages and they are looking for other ways to experience the unique beauties of the places they visit.
The current Thesis is based on the tourists’ need that was previously mentioned. Its main target is the alternative promotion of the different areas of Greece, through the descriptions of the local inhabitants. For this purpose a web application was created. The users of this application will publish articles of the areas that they want to promote. Also, they will be able to rate all the articles that will have been published up to that time. The classification of the areas was based on the following four geographical criteria: a) Greater Regions, b) Regions, c) Municipalities, d) Cities. Each article belongs to one of these categories.
The application is designed with responsive behavior, so that the user will have the same “user experience” when he is browsing from a mobile device. In addition, a RESTfull api service has been implemented. It serves the requested data to JSON, and that is a very important step for a mobile application that could be developed in the future. Finally, it is worth mentioning that a recommendation system has also been implemented so as to improve even more the user interface and the user’s experience.