Georeferenced digital tools: facilitating Cultural Heritage tourism experiences

This research explores effective ways of representing Cultural Heritage data for tourist users, empha- sising the relevance of georeferenced digital tools. It addresses the need for long-term storage and visualisation of 3D models, aligning with UN Agenda 2030’s emphasis on digitisation. Leveraging free and open-source technologies, it advocates for methodologies for online data storage and stresses standards like the Semantic Web for interoperability. The study focuses on designing a digital prod- uct for tourists, integrating historical research with digital data acquisition – incorporating textual documentation, 3D models, images, videos, and geospatial information, optimised for machine-read- ability and integration into Linked Open Data networks; plus, Semantic Web technologies enable effective searches also for non-experts. Such products can facilitate autonomous tourism, avoiding mass tourism and potentially promoting positive socio-cultural impacts. They cater to diverse user bases, contributing to tourism identity construction and possibly shaping future academic and tourism industry developments. The examination of the case studies, the Franciscan convents in the Umbrian region, offers interesting points for reflection, especially for the relevance of its adequate safeguard and inclusion in tourist routes.