ABSTRACT

This study reports time-series dynamics of Twitter public sentiment on cruise tourism and its driving factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conduct sentiment analysis on a large collection of tweets posted between 1 February and 18 June 2020. On the basis of recent research literature, our analysis results enhance understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on the cruise industry. Our study also demonstrates the value of sentiment analysis and echoes the recent call for using sentiment analysis as an important tool in tourism research.

中文翻译：

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Twitter在COVID-19大流行期间对邮轮旅游的公众情绪动态

摘要

这项研究报告了在COVID-19大流行期间Twitter公众情绪对邮轮旅游的时间序列动态及其驱动因素。我们对2020年2月1日至6月18日发布的大量推文进行了情绪分析。根据最新的研究文献，我们的分析结果加深了对COVID-19对邮轮业的影响的了解。我们的研究还证明了情感分析的价值，并呼应了最近将情感分析用作旅游研究中重要工具的呼吁。