Attribute |
Category |
Description |
Natural resources |
Beaches and water sports |
Refers to the warm climate and marine, paradisiacal, sunny, and tropical environments. It includes visual elements like the beach, the sea, and fine white sand. It also includes water sports, boating, kayaking, fishing, swimming, etc. |
Landscape |
It refers to untouched nature, with small elements related to human presence. Variety and uniqueness of flora and fauna. It includes everything that evoke appreciation of nature. |
Protected nature reserves |
Refers to natural preservation areas protected by specific legislation. Includes valleys, parks, and other areas of special interest. |
Cultural Attractions |
Cultural Attractions |
It refers to the distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual, and affective attributes that characterize the destination society. It includes elements related to religion, architecture, art, history, heritage, music, dance, sport. It offers leisure, adventure, and fun. |
History and heritage |
It refers to elements of exceptional archaeological, ethnographic, bibliographic, or artistic value that involve human action in the course of history. It includes legacy inherited from past civilizations and passed on to future generations: archaeological zones, landscapes, ancient architecture, typical villages, folklore, traditional festivals, superstitions, rituals, and other popular manifestations. |
Customs and ways of life |
It refers to the way the local population lives and reflects their living conditions, housing or daily, productive, and traditional activities. |
Social incentives |
Night life |
Refers to any popular recreational activity of leisure and entertainment intended for an adult audience. It includes bars, cabarets, discos, shows and live music, clubs, restaurants, etc. |
Adventure Activities |
Refers to the practice of adventure activities of a recreational nature in natural, built, rural or urban spaces. Includes boat trips, kayaking, diving, hiking, trekking, horseback riding, fishing, swimming, ecotourism, etc. |
Friendliness of locals |
It refers to the attitude of local people towards tourists. It includes images with the local population that show the national identity: joy, fun, charisma, naturalness, solidarity, energy, and hospitality. |