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,
They provide additional opportunities to engage visitors (Ismagilov 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 perception and values of different groups of visitors regarding cultural
heritage and developed a strategy for involving target groups in heritage conservation, were carried out in two Slovenian cities
Four focus groups. Participants were selected using a screening questionnaire that asked 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
One with non-users. The topics of mobile cultural heritage photography, application use were discussed in all groups
for visitors to certain locations and geolocation applications. The survey includes screening survey data and transcripts
Focus groups: both types of data are accessible in the ADP.