CO-APS CO-APS is a mobile application that helps improve confidence in tourism with regard to the spread of Covid-19 through density management on public transport and in public spaces.The CO-APS platform implements mobile technology to compile anonymous user data, open data on cities and third- party service data to provide relevant information on crowds and density to public transport operators and city authorities. CO-APS is the fruit of a project co-financed by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), an EU body, within the Horizon 2020 innovation programme. Apart from the AIR Institute, the following organisations have participated in its development: the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), UITP (International Association of Public Transport), Sparsity Technologies, Karditsa, the city of Istanbul, Sofia Development Association, EGTC Efxini Poli – Network of European Cities for Sustainable Development, and TMB (Metropolitan Transport of Barcelona).
BALANCING TOURIST CAPACITY VIA BLOCKCHAIN AIR Institute, winner of the Tourism Sector Challenge set by Alastria/TDDS during the T2020 Transfiere Forum in collaboration with the Consell of Formentera, has come up with a solution for managing tourist capacity. The aim of AIR Institute's proposal is to balance tourist flows and to promote the sustainable use of natural resources. The solution is based on a decentralised system that encourages residents and tourists to visit the least-visited areas by using blockchain and smart contracts.The system works by employing oracles (a service by which a blockchain or smart contract feeds on external data outside the blockchain on which it runs) to obtain information from the Consell de Formentera's Tourism Intelligence System (TIS), where the pilot project is being carried out, and rolled out over the Alastria Network. The system is able to detect users who have changed the flow, indicating both the area and the specific incentive (establishment, event, museum, bus journey, etc.).
