Social inclusion and territorial enhancement: A project of tourism interactive information system for bike users

Abstract

Social inclusion and territorial enhancement: these are two aspects that can be closely related, especially through relational networks and information systems. In this the new technologies offer a fundamental contribution, both to encourage the involvement, monitoring and relationships between people, and to improve the fruition of the territory and of the resources it can offer. This contribution shows the results of a research project aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of a tourism interactive information system, referring in particular to a specific category of users: cyclists crossing a specific coastal area, in central Italy, rich in natural, historical, artistic resources and food and wine. In particular, the research focuses initially on the project of the information service, identifying the possible relationships and interactive connections between the cyclotourists, the territory and the different communities and stakeholders involved in the service. Subsequently, the research deepens the possible development of an information device that, inserted in specific points of the cycle path, becomes the privileged tool of interaction of the bike users with the territory and its resources.