Assessing tourism impact on cultural landscapes using mobile phone datathe case of Las Médulas (Spain)

  1. Brais X. Currás Refojos 1
  2. Almudena Orejas 1
  3. Alberto Hernando de Castro 2
  4. David Mateo 3
  5. Juan Carlos Sánchez Figueroa 2
  6. Guillermo S. Reher 4
  7. Sonia García-Basanta 5
  8. F. Javier Sánchez-Palencia 1
  1. 1 Institute of History CSIC (Department of Archaeology and Social Processes)
  2. 2 Kydo Dinamics S.L.
  3. 3 Kydo Dynamics S.L.
  4. 4 Comillas Pontifical University (Department of Education Research Methods and Evaluation)
  5. 5 INCIPIT - CSIC
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Journal:
Journal of Tourism Analysis = Revista de Análisis Turístico

ISSN: 1885-2564

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 31

Issue: 1

Pages: 109-144

Type: Article

DOI: 10.53596/PB7E1859 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Cultural landscapes often pose problems for planning and management because of insufficient information regarding visitor movements, interests and infrastructure burden. Traditionally visitor surveys have helped to fill this gap, albeit limited to their incomplete and occasional nature. This paper presents a methodology for using cellular antenna metadata for understanding tourism flows. This information is collected systematically by the mobile phone network but only recently has its big data potential begun to be exploited for understanding socio-economic phenomena. The present case study of the Roman gold mine of Las Médulas (León, Spain) provides a model for tourism impact analysis using anonymized data from cell phone towers.

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