The MONITUR Project

The MONITUR project aims to build an integrated and holistic evaluation model to measure and monitor the development of sustainable tourism in the Algarve, complemented by the development of a decision support system, as a central tool for continuous observation and monitoring of the dynamics of tourist activity in the region.

Public and private organizations at national and regional level, municipalities and other entities, including regional associations, private entities, the academic community and residents, can access the information made available online to evaluate and monitor the effects of the development of tourism in the region.

The dissemination of up-to-date data, as well as the publicizing of the results of scientific diagnostic, modelling and forecasting studies that they provide, constitute an important basis for the process of defining public policies for the tourism sector and development strategies on the part of the tourism industry, based on criteria of sustainability and social inclusion. At the same time, the relevance of this information system is reinforced by helping to deepen knowledge of the effects of tourism activity at various levels for residents and the community in general, while, at the same time, it is an important source of data for the Algarve Sustainable Tourism Observatory, Academia and research and, therefore, to the advancement of knowledge.