Leveraging the Promotion of Tourist Destinations and the Interpretation of their Heritage using Virtual Reality

Carlos R Cunha,André Moreira,João Pedro Gomes,Elisabete Paulo Morais,Vítor Mendonça

doi:10.5171/2022.629340

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Abstract

Technology is increasingly a transversal layer to all activities and, in this sense, exploring the potential of technology as a driver to support the competitiveness of organizations and nations has become a necessity for survival. Tourism is a fundamental asset in many modern economies and certainly fundamental from a civilizational and generational point of view, insofar as associated with a wide range of tourist destinations is its heritage.

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Tourism has gained an increasing economic role in most regions worldwide, being one of the sectors that most contributes to the socio-economic development of the regions, considering that tourism can involve a plurality of other economic sectors
We present and describe a conceptual model to support the development of Virtual Reality (VR) systems for the tourism sector and an experimental prototype developed to an olive oil museum
The conceptual model that we present in figure 1 summarizes the elements that should be considered for the development of a VR system

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Introduction

Tourism has gained an increasing economic role in most regions worldwide, being one of the sectors that most contributes to the socio-economic development of the regions, considering that tourism can involve a plurality of other economic sectors. The powerful capabilities of Tourism technologies allow for the enhancement of interaction with a system and enrichment of the tourist experience itself, providing new ways of assisting in behavior change and even in the long-lasting transformation of the users (Stankov & Gretzel, 2020).

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