As both physical and economic relationship between Hong Kong and Shenzhen are getting closer since 1997, and especially after the visa conditions changed for residents in Shenzhen (“SZer”), in-creased mainlanders travelling to Hong Kong.
We are using the data from Sina Weibo. Sina Weibo is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website and one of the biggest social media platforms in China. As of Q3 2018, Sina Weibo has over 445 million monthly active users.
Our project hypothesized that mainlanders traveling in HK would be attracted by the top-ranking hotspots as listed in TripAdvisor, and by tracking the moving patterns of SZers who check-in Weibo in those hotspots, we would be able to find where else SZers go beyond those hotspots. By figuring those “Hidden Hotspots” Discovering “hidden hotspots” by visualizing the no. of Weibo check-in in those locations. We assume that some of the Weibo users will visit these hot places that you could found from the internet, such as through TripAdvisor. These users will not only post their comments at these hot places but also some places that you could not find from TripAdvisor. The objective for us is to detect all these data and extract the hidden place behind the fame. Those hidden tourist hotspots can help us to identify some social and urban issues in the Shenzhen-Hongkong bay area.