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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140393
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AI in Tourism: Leveraging Machine Learning in Predicting Tourist Arrivals in Philippines using Artificial Neural Network

Author 1: Noelyn M. De Jesus
Author 2: Benjie R. Samonte

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 14 Issue 3, 2023.

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Abstract: Tourism is one of the most prominent and rapidly expanding sectors that contribute significantly to the growth of a country’s economy. However, the tourism industry has been most adversely affected during the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, a reliable and accurate time series prediction of tourist arrivals is necessary in making decisions and strategies to develop the competitiveness and economic growth of the tourism industry. In this sense, this research aims to examine the predictive capability of artificial neural networks model, a popular machine learning technique, using the actual tourism statistics of the Philippines from 2008-2022. The model was trained using three distinct data compositions and was evaluated utilizing different time series evaluation metrics, to identify the factors affecting the model performance and determine its accuracy in predicting arrivals. The findings revealed that the ANN model is reliable in predicting tourist arrivals, with an R-squared value and MAPE of 0.926 and 13.9%, respectively. Furthermore, it was determined that adding training sets that contain the unexpected phenomenon, like COVID-19 pandemic, increased the prediction model's accuracy and learning process. As the technique proves it prediction accuracy, it would be a useful tool for the government, tourism stakeholders, and investors among others, to enhance strategic and investment decisions.

Keywords: Tourist arrivals; machine learning; predictive analytics; artificial neural network; ANN; time series prediction

Noelyn M. De Jesus and Benjie R. Samonte, “AI in Tourism: Leveraging Machine Learning in Predicting Tourist Arrivals in Philippines using Artificial Neural Network” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 14(3), 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140393

@article{Jesus2023,
title = {AI in Tourism: Leveraging Machine Learning in Predicting Tourist Arrivals in Philippines using Artificial Neural Network},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140393},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2023.0140393},
year = {2023},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {14},
number = {3},
author = {Noelyn M. De Jesus and Benjie R. Samonte}
}



Copyright Statement: This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, even commercially as long as the original work is properly cited.

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