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• Monitoring Indoor Attractions Visitation
  We are monitoring BOOST's ‘heart rate’! What you see on the large screen is not a simulation, but accurate, real-time data on the flow of people in this building, captured by our autonomous sensors installed at the main entrances. We are demonstrating live how a low-cost, energy-efficient hardware solution can monitor crowds with over 97% accuracy, without any video cameras and with a total guarantee of anonymity (GDPR) — a key concern for any manager today. The beauty of this hybrid technology (which combines passive and active sensors to save battery power) is that it is designed to operate in remote or sensitive locations without power or Wi-Fi: imagine having this level of control at the Belém Tower, on the steps of the Regaleira Initiation Well, or along the walkways and seawalls of Oeiras and Cascais. The system adapts to everything from nature trails to historical monuments, allowing you to manage load capacity and safety in real time. I invite you to see on the dashboard how we are managing the flow of the event right now. What if BOOST itself became a living laboratory for Smart Tourism? Throughout the event, we will demonstrate a smart people flow monitoring solution based on discreet sensors installed at key access points to the building. In real time, a visual dashboard displays entrances, exits, and occupancy levels, allowing us to understand how the public moves throughout the day—anonymously, without cameras, and fully GDPR compliant. This technology is highly versatile and can be applied in a wide variety of contexts, provided there is controlled or naturally limited access: exhibition halls, museums, monuments (such as the Tower of Belém, Jerónimos Monastery, or the Regaleira initiation well), nature trails, walkways, or promenades such as those in Oeiras or Cascais. For DMOs, heritage managers, events, and public spaces, this demo shows, in real operation, how crowd monitoring can support decisions about safety, comfort, load capacity, and sustainability—transforming people's movements into actionable data at the right time.
• Tourism Crowd Monitoring Using Wi-Fi
  In an era where data defines tourism strategy, we present the Crowd Monitoring toolkit: a solution that democratizes access to flow management intelligence. Forget expensive and complex proprietary systems; we use low-cost Wi-Fi sensors and open-source technology to monitor traffic in real time. Our great advantage is the ability to accurately distinguish between mere passers-by and actual visitors (based on length of stay), all with a privacy-by-design architecture that anonymizes data at source, ensuring full compliance with the GDPR — essential legal certainty for any DMO or heritage manager. This is the ideal tool for local authorities, museums, and historic areas that need concrete occupancy metrics without the intrusion of surveillance cameras. I invite you to come see our dashboard in action and discover how we transform Wi-Fi signals into clear behavior graphs, allowing you to adjust operations and manage the carrying capacity of your destination with a residual investment and immediate implementation. Imagine having a real-time view of people flows in a tourist destination—and being able to act before overload occurs. Our Crowd Monitoring demo showcases a complete solution that combines urban data, sensors, and automated analytics to monitor crowd densities continuously and reliably. With no advanced technical knowledge required, you can detect areas of tourist pressure, anticipate congestion, and understand movement patterns throughout the day and week. For a Destination Management Organization (DMO) or local operator, this means informed decisions at the right time: redistributing tourists away from saturated hotspots, planning dispersion campaigns for less explored areas, or adjusting services based on actual demand. If your focus is on improving the visitor experience, preserving the sustainability of the destination, and responding quickly to human dynamics, this demo shows how intelligent crowd monitoring can transform data into concrete actions. This solution is in operation at Parque da Pena, Palácio de Monserrate, Palácio Galveias, and in Chiang Mai (Thailand).
• Tourism Carrying Capacity Calculator
  How many people are “too many” in a tourist area—and how can we know before the problem arises? In this demo, we present the Carrying Capacity Calculator (CCC), an online web tool that allows you to quickly and transparently calculate tourist carrying capacity (physical, real, and effective) using open data from OpenStreetMap. Simply draw the desired area on the map and set some key parameters, such as corrective factors, visitor turnover, and local service capacity. Using parallel processing algorithms in a browser, the calculator automatically obtains the visitable area, subtracting obstacles such as buildings, bodies of water, roads, and physical barriers, with metric precision. Designed for DMOs, heritage managers, event managers, and public space managers, this tool can be applied to a wide variety of contexts: historic centers, squares, riverside areas, tourist routes, monuments, museums, festivals, or major events. The CCC transforms an often abstract concept—tourist carrying capacity—into a practical decision-making tool, helping to prevent overcrowding, improve the visitor experience, and support more sustainable tourism strategies based on data rather than just perceptions. Come and calculate the tourist carrying capacity of your territory with us!
• GeoAI for Tourists and Destination Management Organizations (DMOs)
  What if anyone could “talk” to the geographic data of a destination without needing to be a GIS expert? This demo presents a GeoAI solution that allows tourists and Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) to interact with territorial information through natural language—via text or voice. Instead of complex menus, just ask: find outdoor cafes near a museum, locate accessible services in real time, or discover alternative routes off the beaten track. For DMOs, this approach translates into immediate insights for strategic decisions: identifying areas with high foot traffic and low commercial supply, supporting investors with concrete data, or helping to create themed routes that enhance local commerce and relieve pressure on tourist hotspots. If you are looking for AI applied to the territory, practical tools for Smart Tourism, and simple ways to turn data into action, this demo shows how GeoAI can democratize access to GIS and generate real impact on destinations. Come and try geographic data analysis with AI!
• Digital Twin for a Tourism Destination (SintraTwin)
  What if you could anticipate traffic jams, simulate decisions, and manage a heritage destination in near real time? SintraTwin is a Digital Twin under development for Sintra—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—that aims to integrate car traffic data, crowd sensing, climate, tourist load capacity, and territory into a living digital model. Through 3D visualizations and predictive simulations, SintraTwin will allow for the monitoring, prediction, and testing of hypothetical and predicted scenarios, supporting more informed, sustainable decisions focused on the visitor experience and residents' quality of life. Through an app designed primarily for tourists, the digital twin will also be a digital nudging tool. Instead of purely restrictive measures, SintraTwin will offer incentives using suggestions and gamification that disperse tourists to less crowded areas, improving resource optimization and the visitor experience. This solution is designed to be bidirectional and scalable to other historical destinations. Come see our demonstration and explore how data can help with sustainable management in the field!