Tourism is one of the most dynamic industries in the world. And COVID19 has hit it especially hard, not only affecting companies but also the destinations. During this session we will have the opportunity to learn from the European Smart Tourism Capitals 2020-2021 as well as from the European Commission, to see how IoT and data can greatly contribute not only to the recovery of tourism, but to make destinations more competitive and attractive

Smart tourism destinations are based on the intelligence generated thanks to the amount of information collected from different IoT devices and other data sources. The European Commission has also launched the Smart Tourism Destination as an initiative to accelerate the digital transformation of 50 tourism destinations and at national level different initiatives are also supporting this process in which IoT has a key role. During this session we will learn from these interesting experience...

Tourism data spaces are the new challenge for the tourism industry. The collection, analysis and use of data that comes from heterogeneous sources is today’s top priority. Technological challenges, the implementation of real use cases and the business models behind tourism data spaces are some of the issues that will be discussed in this session