Tourism and cultural heritage are under converging pressure: climate change, unbalanced visitor flows and overtourism, and growing regulatory demands to monitor environmental and biodiversity impacts. EU Space responds directly to these challenges.
This Tourism & Cultural Heritage session will consult the community on user needs and requirements for sustainable tourism and for the protection, management and valorisation of cultural heritage.
The first half of the session will focus on the Copernicus World Heritage Hub, the newly launched online platform that provides free and open access to satellite Earth observation data to help monitor, protect, and manage cultural and natural heritage sites worldwide. In the second half of the session, tourism, travel and hospitality stakeholders will discuss how EU Space data are supporting a sector under growing pressure while providing innovative services which enhance travel experiences.
Participants will validate requirements, identify adoption barriers and flag remaining service and research gaps, sharing their feedback directly with EUSPA to shape the future of EU Space services.