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Crime Data: Security and Transparency of Tourist Destinations in Spain Spain is a safe country, as can be seen from the data collected by law enforcement agencies and compared with Eurostat figures. You can consult Dataestur's "Citizen Safety" scorecard with data from the Crime Statistics System and Eurostat. Spain outperforms most countries in many categories of European safety statistics. For example, it has one of the lowest rates of theft, which is relevant to the tourist environment. This is without ...

Keys for Data Exchange in Tourism: the Role of Data Spaces Data spaces are environments for the voluntary and secure exchange of data. They will be the basis for sharing data resulting from the interaction between tourist, destination and tourism company. Segittur and Turium have presented the report "Spain and the challenge of tourism data spaces", which delves into the value of data spaces for data providers and destination managers. Tourism statistics are facing an emerging scenario in which the ...

Maturity of open data in the European Union: where is Spain? Spain is among the pioneers and trend setters in open data according to the latest report from the European Commission Maturity in data sharing is assessed based on analysis of a country's public policies, open data website, impact and data quality The European Commission has published its 2022 report on Open Data Maturity and analyses it based on four aspects: policies, website, impact and data quality. Spain particularly excels ...

Cultural Tourism Boosting the Recovery of the Sector In 2022, the movement of national tourists was similar to the figures seen in 2019. Cultural tourism represented 11% of all journeys made. The figures for visitors and spending confirm that it was the year of the sector's recovery. Destinations such as Asturias, Murcia or the Balearic Islands exceeded the number of visitors seen in 2019, with increases of up to 74%. Santiago de Compostela also recorded very positive data, acting as ...

Analysis of tourist flows last summer in tourist hotspots The Balearic Islands are the main summer tourist destination in Spain according to 2022 data, based on the total number of tourists, irrespective of their domestic or international origin. They are followed by Madrid and Barcelona, which continue to be top summer destinations, with their provinces attracting more than five million tourists. The season of sun and beaches places a number of Mediterranean provinces among the most visited: Alicante, Malaga and ...

We analyzed the distribution of trips from Madrid, Barcelona and Seville1 during Easter Week based on data from the basic mobility studies carried out by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) while relying on Big Data2. We identified the main destinations in each case and which days saw the most travellers, based on trips made by residents in the same province of origin made for non-regular activities between 31 March and 9 April 2023. MADRID – Heading ...

Glossary - 2nd part: from “F” to “Z” The aim of this post and its first part is to help you understand some of the most common technical terms that frequently appear in the field of data science. Terms included in the 2nd part: Federated data; GIS (Geographic Information System); insights; interoperability; IoT; KPIs; machine learning; metaverse; NFC; UNE standards; use cases; Query and SQL; sandbox; and token. Consult the 1st part of this basic glossary: from "A" to "D" FEDERATED ...

Glossary - 1st part: from "A" to "D" The aim of this post and its second part is to help you understand some of the most common technical terms that frequently appear in the field of data science. Artificial intelligence; API; beacons; big data; blockchain; business intelligence; csv; data anonymization; data dictionary; data governance; data horizontality; data lake; data mining; data model; data space; data sovereignty; deep learning and digital twins Consult the 2nd part of this basic glossary: from ...