Zhao, Ziheng
Zhang, Mengjuan
Yan, Xin
Guo, Weimin
Zeng, Hui
Funding for this research was provided by:
Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX25_2622)
Article History
Received: 21 March 2025
Accepted: 11 March 2026
First Online: 2 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangnan University. Project Initiation Date: September 27, 2024, Project Name: “From social media to Real space: Spatial mapping and correlation analysis of tourist trajectory, resident behavior and catering distribution”, Reference Number: JNU202409RB0036. Personal information was kept confidential throughout the research process. All respondents were adults and none were minors.
: The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangnan University on September 30, 2024. The waiver was granted because this study used anonymized social media data obtained from publicly accessible databases, which contained no personally identifiable information and posed minimal risk to individuals. The waiver of informed consent was approved in accordance with the ethical review regulations of the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangnan University and relevant guidelines for research using secondary anonymized data.