“Smart Tourist Destination” is an #innovative tourist destination, established on a cutting-edge infrastructure #technology, that guarantees the sustainable development territory for a tourist, accessible to all, that facilitates interaction and visitor integration with the environment and increases the quality of your experience at the destination and improves the quality of life of the residents.
A digital twin is an innovative management system for tourist destinations that offers accessible, centralized, and accurate information to all parties involved. This system allows sustainable decisions to be made and provides a solid infrastructure for communication and the union of all the stakeholders
The digital twin is constantly improving and evolving, providing useful tools to all those interested in the tourist destination. This ensures intelligent and sustainable management, covering the 5 main axes of a destination:
- Governance
- Innovation
- Technology
- Sustainability
- accessibility
With the emergence of COVID-19, measures have been taken in cities to keep tourists safe. With the digital twin, it is possible to monitor in real time the influx of people, tourist flows, CO2 levels, among others. Using this information effectively, the quality of the tourist’s experience can be improved by offering safe and personalized itineraries according to their preferences and needs, highlighting culture, heritage and safe accommodation.
The digital twin has the power to affect and enhance various aspects of the management of a tourist destination, including health, sustainability, maintenance, urban planning, resource management, inventory, mobility, and the business and industrial sector. A well-managed and structured digital twin will result in an improvement in the competitiveness of the destination and its alignment with the DTI methodology, which can increase efficiency in production and marketing, promote sustainable development, improve the visitor experience and the quality of life of residents, and use the tourism strategy as a basis for the economy of the territory.
