LIBECCIO: Sustainability of tourism By Enhancing Cooperation and digital transformation

Tourism is one of the driver of the global economy and an early adopter of digital transformation technologies in Mediterranean basin. Covid-19 pandemic hit severely, showing vulnerability and non-resilience to unpredictable risks and governance rigidity in reacting and mitigating them then finally demanding more timely information for policy and decision makers. LIBECCIO faces this challenge enhancing tourism governance, destination management and sustainability then resilience against risks too. Through digital transformation, it addresses the need for improved destination management, supporting policy makers with informed data driven decision making, positively impacting the policies implementation for a more sustainable tourism paradigm. It follows an intersectoral and transdisciplinary approach in Euro Med by involving together with partners the Q Helix tourism community, through the Euro Med Tourism Innovation Platform (ETIP), in testing and transfer planning of suitable solutions following a Living Lab methodology. LIBECCIO Destination Management Support System (DMSS) is a semantically enriched web-enabled platform that integrates sustainability indicator datasets and Big Data analytics to exploit data driven policy and decision making. The DMSS test in thematic tourism partner areas and the lessons learned are assessed and evaluated by ETIP that draws up a capitalization plan how the partners will transfer and make operational in local ecosystems the ETIP platform and its main tool DMSS after the end of the Project. LIBECCIO benefits ETIP with community institutional capacities, through solutions, methodologies and policies for a more efficient, sustainable and resilient tourism paradigm. It capitalizes previous projects outcomes equipping regional and local public administrators and BSOs with innovative solutions, integrating tourist sustainability indicators and real time Big Data, enabling timely analysis, advanced benchmarking and decision making.