Archaeological Sites as Peripheral Destinations. Exploring Big Data on Fieldtrips for an Upcoming Response to the Tourism Crisis after the Pandemic

Abstract

Archaeological heritage sites constitute the most recent addition to the tourism supply of Madrid, one of the most visited regions of Spain. In 2003, the Plan de Yacimientos Visitables (Plan of Archaeological Visitable Sites) was implemented, museumising 21 sites. However, the peripheral nature of these sites and the lack of personnel prevent strict control being carried out of who visits them, the practices of these visitors and how they rate the sites. This study proposes a systematic procedure to analyse the data gathered from Twitter and Flickr, in order to determine the most shared archaeological spaces in the years immediately preceding the pandemic, and to assess the perception that the visitors had of them. The information provided is useful for learning about the real weight that these sites have in leisure experiences (school trips, guided tours, recreation, etc.). Now that travel has been restricted due to the pandemic, we should ask whether Spain’s minor heritage is able to structure new proximity tourism routes. This is based on the hypothesis that, until now, these types of heritage have had a very limited role in recreational practices, but offer potential as “outdoor museums” in the present climate.

Emotional Intervention and Education System Construction for Rural Children Based on Semantic Analysis

“…Regarding the research on children's emotional cognition ability, relevant scholars conducted individual tests on children aged 3-9 and conducted in-depth research on children's emotional cognition, helping activities and helping tendencies under different cues [23,24]. The study found that with the increase of age, emotional cognitive performance also gradually increased; children were more likely to recognize tasks with a single situational and expression cue, but more difficult to recognize conflicting cues; with age, children's independent judgment gradually replaced [25][26][27]. The dependence of expression and situation is reduced; too difficult cue tasks will affect children's helping activities and tendencies.…”

“…Throughout the research on emotional cognition, it can be seen that researchers have achieved fruitful results in both empirical and theoretical research on emotional cognition and have provided psychological researchers with a more complete and operational research model [ 13 , 27 ]. However, there are still many problems that need to be solved in the research related to emotion cognition.…”

Graphic representation of the degree of historical-archaeological evidence: the 3D reconstruction of the “Baker’s House”

“…The lifestyle of the people has changed, impacting the sites of archaeological heritage [50,51]. Currently, digital technologies are important in the communication between the heritage and the public [52][53][54].…”

The Macroprudential Measures for Mitigating the Effects of the Pandemic Crisis in Tourism Economies

“…The driver of Spain's economic and social development is tourism (OECD, 2020b), with using heritage as new proximity tourism routes (Martínez-Hernández et al, 2021). The share of foreign exchange income generated from tourism in 2019 amounted 14% of GDP, while the following year it recorded a big drop to only 5% (see Table 2).…”