Mapping of tourism data

Tourism data mapping provides centralized access to databases relevant to the tourism sector, meeting the growing need for reliable and up-to-date information for administrations, industry professionals, and researchers. Tourism, a key sector of the French economy, has to cope with ecological and societal transformations and crises (e.g. Covid-19). This mapping project aims to centralise data, facilitate its access and encourage its re-use, to improve public policies, decision-making and innovation. **Importance of metadata** Metadata ensures a homogeneous organization of tourism databases, allowing a quick and targeted search and exploitation. They facilitate information management and meet the needs of a wide variety of users – administrations, researchers, application developers, and professionals in the tourism sector. **Use and Valuation** This mapping is intended for internal and external use, and is a decision support tool for the development of solutions adapted to tourism challenges, such as flow optimisation, multimodal travel planning, and environmental impact monitoring. In particular, the database could be used to: * Develop thematic discovery routes around culture and gastronomy, * Facilitate the management of tourist flows in high-traffic areas, * Optimising the accessibility of tourist sites for all types of visitors.