The municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz will implement a signalling system and intelligent tourist information on the municipality, based on a new technology with electronic devices called "beacons". These devices are placed in the tourist offices and the tourist and pedestrian signaling boards will provide up-to-date information to tourists through BLE-Low-Energy Bluetooth for smartphones with Android and IOS operating systems, After unload an application.
The city will replace all the tourist boards of pedestrian information the municipality so that there is uniformity and consistency in the type plate. When the tourist approach the boards will receive information on your smartphone in multiple languages through the "beacon" installed in this location, enabling you to understand your location with a high degree of accuracy, as well as points of interest nearby, the accommodation units, the restaurants, os operadores turísticos, wine producers, o comércio, You can visit exhibitions and cultural programming in the whole municipality.
With the implementation of the signaling system and intelligent tourist information, José Calixto, Mayor of Reguengos de Monsaraz, says that the County will be the first intelligent tourist destination in Portugal, calling residents, tourists and visitors to sites of interest, transmitting them up-to-date information and contextualized according to where they are and proposing them suggestions for visits.
The signalling system and intelligent tourist information was presented in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz by Sismotur company, who installed this technology in 2014 in the municipality of Aranda de Duero to promote the Ribera del Duero wine route, the first place in Europe to broadcast information to tourists through "beacons".
Reguengos de Monsaraz – the first intelligent tourist destination in Portugal
