Concept and Approach

CI-NOVATEC introduces an innovative methodology for collecting experience related, visitor data, in order to facilitate entrepreneurial & policy decisions, with the aim to enhance local Tourism Ecosystems.

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POIs collection

Data collection will be achieved through scalable ICT tools, consisting of mobile applications for the tourist, deriving data via questionnaire forms & social media (user profiles or public pages), and an intelligent backend platform applying Big Data Analysis in order to categorize, analyze & conceptualize collected data automatically.

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Visitor satisfaction

Data will include:

  • Visited POIs (PPIs & FPIs), updated based on Crowdsourcing Model & Social Media data mining
  • Visitor satisfaction data evaluating service provision per PPI & FPI operators (consisting of cultural associations, theaters administrations, protected areas managers, museum managers ..) & overall service provision by SMEs of LTCs (tour operators, hotels, guides, restaurants & cafes, transportation companies, commercial stores etc).
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Valuable Customer Intelligence

Collected data will constitute valuable Customer Intelligence for the selected pilot LTCs (3 in total 1/participating Region, with different geographical (i.e. mountainous, rural, coastal) & thematic (cultural, natural & historical) characteristics in order to obtain diversified results and provide tailor-made results (& services) to final beneficiaries (SMEs, PPIs & FPIs managers, Municipalities, Chambers & Regions) in order to facilitate improvements & future strategic decisions.