Tourism 4.0 FLOWS – analysis of tourist flows 

Flows is an innovative solution for data-driven local destination management to monitor carrying capacity and well-being. FLOWS enable GDPR-compliant advanced analyses and forecasts of tourist movements based on anonymised data from a multitude of different sources (traffic counters, data from mobile operators, freely accessible Wi-Fi networks, tourist tax, etc.). A simple user interface will display traffic flows: excessive traffic loads, seasonal deviations, entrances/exits to the destination, movement within the destination, etc. It displays the analyses in the selected time interval (year, month, week, day), forecasts based on historical data, weighted by special parameters (weekend, weather, national or holiday in other countries, etc.). FLOWS analysis enables us to predict the tourist flows and make the right decision for supporting the development of balanced and geographically distributed sustainable tourism. With FLOWS, we can influence the tourist flows and their behaviour. Flows technology and knowledge were already used in the T4.0 Alpine Flows project by setting up a footfall monitoring system for the visit to hiking trails. The system will collect up-to-date data on visits to support the sustainable rerouting of Alpine flows. 

More about Flows: https://tourism4-0.org/flows/ 

Our commitment until 2025:

• We aim to implement T4.0 Flows on an EU level and support at least 5 tourist destinations to make better destination management decisions by using the information on tourism flows. 
• We commit to actively sharing our knowledge on the EU level on tourism flows management in at least 10 national and international events for tourism stakeholders/per year.