Smart Cities For
Smarter Tourist Destinations
Real-Time Data to Elevate Every Visitor’s Journey
Enhance your city’s tourism appeal by making public transport and micro-mobility more accessible, minimising queues, and helping visitors optimise their time.
Thinkz for Smart Tourism
Creating Smarter, Greener and More Enjoyable Tourism Experiences
Thinkz helps your city deliver a seamless and sustainable travel experience. By combining real-time data from micro-mobility, public transport, crowdedness levels, and tourist attraction status into one unified interface, Thinkz empowers visitors to explore your city like locals—smarter, faster, and greener.
Whether avoiding long queues or choosing a healthier walking route, tourists are free to enjoy the city on their terms.
Welcome to the future of tourism…
Turning Real-Time Data into a Strategic Tourism Advantage
Thinkz equips municipalities with the tools to manage tourism flows more intelligently. By integrating real-time insights from sensors, mobility providers, and public infrastructure, cities can reduce pressure on busy zones, encourage off-peak exploration, and improve accessibility.
The result?
A better distribution of visitors, reduced emissions, and stronger alignment with Smart Tourism goals such as sustainability, digitalisation, and accessibility — all while enhancing the city’s reputation and economic vitality.
Thinkz Unlocks Seamless Travel with Real-Time Tourism Services
Empower visitors with dynamic, data-driven experiences that are smarter, greener, and more engaging.
Cities that adopt real-time smart tourism solutions not only enhance visitor satisfaction but also increase local economic impact and reduce congestion. Give tourists the tools to explore your city like locals—sustainably and effortlessly.
🚶 REAL-TIME NAVIGATION AND ROUTING
Visitors receive personalised, real-time guidance to navigate cultural sites, attractions, shopping areas and events—while avoiding congestion and poor air quality. It’s about giving tourists the power to choose their own path, at the right time.
🚗 REAL-TIME PARKING AVAILABILITY
Tourists waste valuable time circling for a spot instead of enjoying your city. Thinkz shows available parking spaces in real time, helping them park faster and start their visit stress-free. Less traffic, less CO₂, more time to explore.
⚡ EV CHARGING STATION AVAILABILITY
Whether travelling in their own electric vehicle or a rental, tourists can instantly find available EV charging stations nearby. Avoid unnecessary detours and congestion—get charged and get moving.
🛴 MICRO-MOBILITY INTEGRATION
Live availability of shared bikes and e-scooters encourages sustainable, flexible travel. Visitors can discover the city like a local, while reducing their environmental impact.
🚍 PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN REAL TIME
Tourists can view live arrivals, service updates, and occupancy levels for buses, trams and trains. This makes public transport more reliable, accessible, and attractive for those unfamiliar with the city.
🏖 SWIMMING SPOT & BEACH INFORMATION
Offer real-time insights on beaches, natural pools and lakes—including water quality, jellyfish alerts, and flag status. Improve safety and satisfaction for bathers.
📊 CROWDEDNESS & AFFLUENCE MANAGEMENT
Thinkz displays real-time affluence data in key locations—museums, squares, markets and attractions—so tourists can avoid or seek out busy spots, depending on their mood.
🕒 QUEUE MANAGEMENT
Save time and frustration. Tourists can check waiting times at museums, viewpoints, monuments, and public services, to better plan their itinerary and enjoy more.
🏛 AUGMENTED REALITY & CULTURAL IMMERSION
QR codes at historical landmarks activate AR-powered storytelling, bringing culture to life without the need for apps or contact. A more immersive and inclusive experience for all.
Why Choose Thinkz Smart Tourism?
Empowering Cities to Offer Seamless, Inclusive and Real-Time Travel Experiences
🧭 Creating a Universally Accessible Smart Tourism Platform
Designed for all travellers—regardless of age, language or digital habits—Thinkz offers easy access to real-time city information, without complexity.
🔧 Adapting and Scaling Smart Tourism Solutions Seamlessly
Whether you’re a small town or a major destination, our modular platform adapts to your city’s unique infrastructure and priorities.
🤖 AI-Driven Accuracy with European Standards
Our real-time data is verified by AI, ensuring visitors always receive reliable, up-to-date information that meets EU quality expectations.
📱 No App Installation Required
Visitors access everything from their mobile browser via QR codes or links—no downloads, no barriers, just instant access.
🌐 Multilingual by Design
Information is delivered in multiple languages, automatically adapting to the tourist’s preference for a smoother, more personalised journey.
🧩 Modular & Interoperable Architecture
Built for integration, Thinkz connects with existing tourism platforms, open data sources, and mobility networks with ease.
🔐 GDPR-Ready & Fully Privacy-Compliant
Thinkz processes only necessary and anonymised data, ensuring full compliance with European data protection regulations.
What Is Smart Tourism and Why Cities Need It?
A New Standard for Sustainable, Digital, and Inclusive Travel in Europe
In the age of climate urgency, digital expectations, and cultural demand, Smart Tourism is no longer a luxury—it’s a strategic necessity. Backed by the European Commission, Smart Tourism empowers cities to transform the way they welcome, guide, and serve visitors by harnessing the power of real-time data, IoT, AI, and sustainability-driven innovation.
A Strategic Shift for Modern, Sustainable Destinations
Smart Tourism isn’t just about apps or connectivity. According to the European Commission’s Smart Tourism initiative, a true smart destination excels in:
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Sustainability: Reducing emissions, promoting low-impact mobility, and preserving natural resources.
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Accessibility: Ensuring that everyone—residents and visitors alike—can enjoy the city with equal ease.
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Digitalisation: Using data and technology to provide real-time, context-aware information.
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Cultural Heritage & Creativity: Enhancing visitor engagement through immersive, meaningful, and educational experiences.
Thinkz cities in aligning with the European Capital of Smart Tourism objectives and contributing to the EU’s Fit for 55, COP 2030, and 2050 climate goals.
Why Cities Must Act Now?
With tourism rebounding post-COVID and the EU committed to climate-neutral cities by 2050, public authorities face growing pressure to:
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Spread tourism flows to avoid overcrowding in key attractions.
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Reduce the environmental impact of visitor mobility and waste.
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Deliver better citizen–tourist coexistence through smarter planning.
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Boost local economic impact by attracting more engaged, higher-spending tourists.
Real-time smart tourism platforms like Thinkz offer immediate, measurable results:
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Up to 31,000 tonnes of CO₂ saved annually in cities of 100,000 inhabitants.
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Improved visitor satisfaction and time optimisation.
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Higher return visits and positive digital word-of-mouth.
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Stronger alignment with EU Smart Tourism benchmarks and access to funding.
SMART TOURISM FAQ
Find out how Thinkz contributes to smart tourism and how our solutions can help your city become more attractive and responsable.
What is a Smart Tourism solution?
A Smart Tourism solution uses real-time data and AI to improve the travel experience for tourists while helping cities manage tourism flows more efficiently. Thinkz connects information from IoT sensors, transport systems, and public spaces into one digital platform accessible to all.
How does Thinkz enhance the tourist experience?
Thinkz provides real-time information on mobility (parking, EV charging, public transport, micro-mobility), crowdedness at tourist spots, air quality, and even waiting times at attractions. Visitors can enjoy more and waste less time, optimising every step of their trip.
Do tourists need to download an app to access Thinkz?
No. Thinkz is accessible directly via QR codes or shared links. There’s no need to download an application—visitors access information instantly from their browser.
Is the solution multilingual?
Yes. Thinkz is designed to automatically detect and display content in the visitor’s preferred language, making it accessible for international tourists.
How does the solution support sustainability?
By reducing traffic congestion, unnecessary trips, and vehicle emissions, Thinkz contributes to lower CO₂ levels. It also encourages eco-friendly transport and promotes healthier routes through air quality routing.
Can Thinkz be implemented in smaller cities or rural destinations?
Absolutely. The modular nature of Thinkz allows it to scale to cities of any size, including rural towns that want to promote cultural sites, natural attractions, or green tourism.
What makes Thinkz different from other tourism platforms?
Thinkz combines real-time data, AI verification (via our patented Live Data Verification technology), no app requirement, and full GDPR compliance. It’s designed to serve both the city’s needs and the visitor’s expectations.
Is Thinkz compliant with EU data protection regulations?
Yes. Thinkz is fully GDPR-compliant and only uses anonymised or open data. We prioritise security and transparency for both cities and users.
Can Thinkz integrate with existing tourism or mobility platforms?
Yes. Thinkz is built with interoperability in mind. We can connect to your existing open data, tourism apps, mobility operators, and city dashboards via API or iFrame.