Quantifying Nationality Bias in Social Media Data on Different Platforms for Visitor Monitoring in Nikko National Park, Japan

Masahiro Kajikawa, Takafumi Miyasaka, Yutaka Kubota, Akihiro Oba, Katori Miyasaka

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Geotagged social media data have been used widely for visitor monitoring in protected areas. The data might, however, over or underestimate visitors from specific countries due to nationality bias, i.e., differences between nationality of actual visitors versus those visitors who post on social media. This study aimed to quantify nationality bias in social media data for visitor monitoring. We conducted a questionnaire survey in Nikko National Park, Japan. Questions covered the nationality of visitors and their usage of social media, and other visitor attributes and behavior. Foreign visitors had significantly different attributes and behaviors compared to Japanese. Non-Japanese Asian visitors were overrepresented in Instagram and Facebook data. In comparison, the X platform was more representative of all visitors. Nationality bias in different platforms needs more attention and further study in different areas.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)228-238
ページ数11
ジャーナルGeographica Pannonica
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出版ステータス出版済み - 2023

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