Modeling Tourists’ Departure Time considering the Influence of Multisource Traffic Information

Table 2

Conversion value of independent variables.

Independent variables	Category	Conversion value
Gender (x1)	Male	1
	Female	2
Age (x2)	<10	1
	10–19	2
	20–29	3
	30–39	4
	40–49	5
	50–59	6
	≥60	7
Occupation (x3)	Have a regular occupation	1
	No fixed occupation	2
Income level (x4)	<10 thousand yuan	1
	10 thousand yuan—20 thousand yuan	2
	20 thousand yuan—50 thousand yuan	3
	>50 thousand yuan	4
Family car ownership (x5)	Yes	1
	No	2
Frequency of trips to Yangzhou (x6)	First time	1
	Second time	2
	> Second time	3
Purpose of travel (x7)	Leisure travel	1
	Nonleisure travel	2
Tour schedule (x8)	One day	1
	Multidays	2
Self-driving tour or group tour (x9)	Self-driving	1
	Group tour	2
Composition of people traveling together (x10)	Have elderly or children	1
	No elderly or children	2
The number of attractions planned to visit (x11)	≤3	1
	>3	2
Real-time information acquisition (x12)	Yes	1
	No	2