Survey of VLC and OCC applications on tourism industry: potentials & challenges

Abstract

In this work we explore the potential applications of visible light Communications on the tourism industry, considering high speed links (indoor systems using LED or eventually lasers) or low speed services (using classical VLC receivers or camera-based systems-OCC-). We have made a survey with an expert panel to discover advantages, challenges, possible disadvantages or contributions to the destination or tourism facility image. We also have explored the state-of-the-art applications of this technology focused in three scenarios: the traveler itself, the tourism facility (hotels, restaurants, museums..) and the whole tourism destination (the city or territory where the tourist is received).