Use of mobile applications for visits to cultural heritage sites, 2020

In the external environment, cultural heritage monuments are exposed to several natural and anthropogenic factors. Which leads to their deterioration. Growing urbanisation and mass tourism are worsening the situation; Tourism is also an important tool for strengthening and preserving cultural heritage, in particular through modern information and communication technologies, These provide additional opportunities to engage visitors (Ismagilova et al. 2015, Ursache 2015). In addition, there is a trend Unifying experiences for visitors to cultural heritage sites (Cirulis et al. 2015, Xu et al. 2017), including locational or geolocation games (Maia et al. 2017). To better understand the perceptions and values of different visitor groups in terms of cultural heritage and developed a strategy for the inclusion of target groups in heritage conservation, were carried out in two Slovenian cities Four focus groups. Participants were selected through a screening questionnaire asking about their travel habits and the use of mobile applications during visits to monuments. In both cities, there was one focus group with users of geolocation games and one with non-users. The topics of mobile photography of cultural heritage, the use of applications were discussed in all groups. for visitors to specific locations and geolocation applications. The survey includes screening survey data and transcripts Focus groups: both types of data are available in the ADP.