Impact of Intermodal Journey Planners on Urban Tourism Cover Image

Въздействие на системите за планиране на интермодалните пътувания върху градския туризъм
Impact of Intermodal Journey Planners on Urban Tourism

Author(s): Christina Nikolova
Subject(s): Economy, Tourism, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: intermodal journey planners; urban tourism
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the main characteristics and the role of intermodal journey planners for urban tourism development. The main aspects and elements of these planners are clarified and their impact on the touristic services in urban regions are discussed. An overview of the intermodal journey planners, applicable on the European level is made and the perspectives for their deployment in achieving the goals for sustainable urban mobility are outlined. The paper discusses the opportunities provided by the intermodal journey planners for working out urban mobility policies in order to achieve an adequate investments’ return and to guarantee compatibility and coherence with the others urban and regional measures. The role of existing infrastructure optimization and the application of big data systems is underlined with regards to better serving and governing the increasing demand for transport and mobility. The benefits of the deployment of intermodal journey planners in urban environment with the purpose of increasing efficiency and efficacy of urban touristic services are outlined. Finally, the main benefits and opportunities, related to the implementation of intermodal journey planners for developing the urban tourism are summarized.