5Dculture @ ECTN Conference 2023 (18-21 October 2023)

From 18-21 October 2023 the 16th Conference for Cultural Tourism in Europe will be held in Pafos, Cyprus, with the overall theme "Smart Tourism - Smart Destinations: Cultural Heritage & Creativity, Digitalisation, Sustainability" discussing the latest trends in the field of culture, heritage, smart and sustainable tourism, including innovation, creativity and cultural tourism product development. The emphasis will be on the important role of cultural heritage and digitalisation in smart tourism and smart destinations.

​The ECTN 2023 Conference is organised in the framework of Pafos 2023 European Capital of Smart Tourism, the European Year of Skills 2023, the ReInHerit Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action (CSA) and the 'Transition Pathway for Tourism' co-implementation (European Commission DG GROW). 

Taking this opportunity to discuss different aspects of dealing with digitisation and smart tourism, our coordinator IN2 will present "Intelligent approaches for turning cultural tourism into memorable experiences through AI tools" and our project partners Europeana and Arctur will dive into the topic of "Data spaces for cultural heritage & tourism: new opportunities for smart tourism". But those two presentations are not the only inspiring project presentations within this conference! There will be many other highly interesting lectures exploring challenges, risks and opportunities for smart, sustainable and responsible tourism development related to culture and heritage assets.