As cities become increasingly complex, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) bring smartness into organisations communities, contributing to a more competitive tourism destination, i.e., smart destinations. Enhanced information access coupled with new kind of tourists avid for online content predisposed share on social media, allows better understanding tourist behaviour regarding their spatial distribution in urban Thus, portrays individuals as makers, refining the available...

This article provides an approach to the geographic and quantitative interpretation of tourism intensification, drawing on concepts fractals, fractal dimension ( D). Exploring intensification in Lisbon, we first present a construct that represents spatial layout based crowd-contributed signatures advocating collective sense “tourist city”. Then, assess tourism-related patterns, estimation D, for different years. Significant statistical associations can be found between D across urban space....

The Ecuadorian Amazon is considered a biodiverse region, and at the same time contains largest number of oil blocks oilfields in country. Oil exploitation requires implementation facilities related infrastructure, such as roads, water, energy supply, for operation. These large engineering works can alter dynamics Amazonian natural ecosystems. This paper analyzes land use cover (LULC) change relates spatial patterns within an block located province Orellana, Ecuador. study was processed two...

This article aims to provide a more detailed conception of the production urban digital divides by VGI platforms in context platform economy, through articulation first (access and coverage), second (usage skills) third (outcomes) level divide. Our conceptual approach departs from discussion geographical consequences different levels divide, focusing on their application study platforms, especially those working under logic economy. We draw multi-level case geographies TripAdvisor...

This study addresses the methodological gap in tourism research regarding long-term monitoring of activities urban settings. We propose an analytical framework that uses data from location-based social networks (LBSN) to derive tourists' digital footprints resulting a sustained, yet partial, overview tourist activity and mobility destinations. Significantly, we found LBSN might signal changes geography city over time. pioneers use gain knowledge about longer run, thereby providing means...

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, open-access Volunteered geographic information (VGI) platform that has been widely used over the last decade as source for Land Use Cover (LULC) mapping and visualization. However, it known spatial coverage accuracy of OSM data are not evenly distributed across all regions, with urban areas being likelier to have promising contributions (in both quantity quality) than rural areas. The present study history generate LULC datasets one-year timeframes way support...

Tourism planning is seen as a 'steering wheel' to leverage growth, development or economic transitions during times of adversity and rapid change. Given the limited capacities within public sector, consultants play crucial role in tourism efforts Ecuador. Drawing from practice theory research, we examined practices among 46 contracted by institutions between 2017 2021. A multiple correspondence analysis identified associations four analytical categories practice: general understandings,...

Noise pollution is becoming a critical health risk for city life. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many cities to implement several mobility restrictions. These restrictions changed human activity patterns and decreased noise levels that often affect urban settings. As number of infections decreased, so did outdoor activities, influencing population's perception noise. This paper aims evaluate changes in associated with between 2020 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador. study used crowdsourcing help...

Critical thinking about the future needs to be at centre of tourism planning scholarship. By using complexity theory as a framework understand shaping power time, we review understandings in literature concerning three interrelated aspects: How is known planning, how has been planned tourism, and what futures have planned. Changing, diverse mutually intertwined views understanding time approaching are identified gathered into two interwoven bundles. In first bundle, singular, foreseeable,...

En este artículo se utilizaron las fotos georreferenciadas, compartidas por usuarios de la red “Panoramio” entre 2007 y 2014, como un proxy para analizar distribución espacial temporal los visitantes, en ciudad Lisboa. El conjunto total datos (> 75.000 fotografías) fue segmentado turistas locales, con base marcas temporales, resultando una muestra 17.604 tomadas > 5.000 usuarios. La evidencia empírica sugiere que visitantes no es homogénea. Además, exploramos relación el patrón...

En este artículo se utilizaron las fotos georreferenciadas, compartidas por usuarios de la red “Panoramio” entre 2007 y 2014, como un proxy para analizar distribución espacial temporal los visitantes, en ciudad Lisboa. El conjunto total datos (> 75.000 fotografías) fue segmentado turistas locales, con base marcas temporales, resultando una muestra 17.604 tomadas > 5.000 usuarios. La evidencia empírica sugiere que visitantes no es homogénea. Además, exploramos relación el patrón...