@article{KarydisKMVPT2021,
	title = "The OCTANE Ecosystem and Platform for Cross-Border Heritage-Based Tourism Development",
	year = "2021",
	author= "Karydis, Ioannis
			and Kosta, Elissavet
			and Magkos, Emmanouil
			and Vlizos, Stavros
			and Provatas, Dimitris
			and Tsohou, Aggeliki",
	note = "http://users.ionio.gr/~karydis/my_papers/KarydisKMVPT2021 - The OCTANE Ecosystem and Platform for Cross-Border Heritage-Based.pdf",
	url = "https://iacudit.org/journal/volumes/v8/v8_19-32.pdf",
	journal = "International Journal of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACUDIT)",
	abstract = "The wide adoption and diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) designed to enhance travel experience have rapidly altered tourism and hospitality services. The OCTANE project primarily aims at supporting touristic infrastructure by: a) Establishing cross-border synergies between the regional authorities and the university institutions of Ionian Islands and Puglia, whose partnership will create a list of sightings, places/points and routes of interest (POIs) in both communities; and b) Providing a complementary distribution channel for cultural and natural heritage POIs that uses advanced ICT and mobile devices while at the same time enhancing the experience of on-the-move tourists. To support the aims of the project, in this paper we present the architecture of the OCTANE platform, which will enhance visitors' experience by developing and diffusing a mobile application that allows visitors to walk around the cities as if they were an open museum. The platform will enable the visitors to discover POIs as far as history, architecture, culture, everyday locations and other places a visitor will experience in the cities of Ionian and Puglia regions. Accordingly, one of the key characteristics of OCTANE will be the capacity to seamlessly present the crossborder historical, architectural, cultural and everyday location assets, between Ionian and Puglia regions, thus promoting synergy and touristic development.",
	keywords = "ICT and Cultural Heritage; ICT in Tourism; Cross-border synergies in tourism development; Web & mobile applications; Informational system ecosystems",
	VOLUME = "8",
	pages= "19--32",
	publisher="IACUDIT"
}