Space Applications for Sustainable Tourism

The tourism monitoring service provides crucial information about past, current and future tourist destinations to understand the impact of tourism on both a regional and national level. Governments and Destination Management Companies (DMC’s) currently face a lack of this information, which hampers an effective sustainable tourism development and a loss of potential revenues. The tourism monitoring services helps governments and DMC’s to develop, realize, optimize and monitor their tourist destinations and set preservation strategy accordingly. This information not only helps to increase the natural and cultural heritage value of those destinations, but also helps to maintain its value for future generations. The main space assets that are integrated in the service are satellite Earth observation, satellite navigation, and optionally satellite communication for IoT applications.