Conserving local stories

All places are rich, particularly when it comes to the stories local people can share. But how to preserve this valuable heritage? In the Eurodistrict Sarre-Moselle – covering parts of Saarland in Germany and of Lorraine in France – many landmarks are visible from far, forming a network of view points. What do they mean…

Tourism Master Plan

“We are a nice place, beautiful landscape, friendly people and we now want to have (more) tourism.” It’s the mixture of not missing out and economic expectations, that ask for a share of the global leading industry. So that’s where we start: We analyze status quo, check potential markets, bring stakeholders together and moderate workshops,…

Monitoring and controlling visitor flows

Not only since we are told and for our own safety are clever to keep distance to the crowd, it is a major challenge for tourism professionals to know when and where people are clustering. This is the background of our research on tracking and tracing the flow of visitors in destinations. If we know…