02405nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260004500042653002100087653002300108653001300131653002000144653001800164100001600182700001600198245008200214856015300296300001200449520169600461020004202157                                       d  bSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.10aCultural tourism10aDigital humanities10aheritage10aPeripheral area10aSmart tourism1 aMaria Roque1 aMaria Forte00aDigital Strategies to a Local Cultural Tourism Development: Project e-Carnide  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85094680783&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-319-47732-9_24&partnerID=40&md5=4d5c8f5b67a40dc24720f0c4df0fbe37  a365-3833 aDigital humanities and smart economy strategies are being seen as an important link between tourism and cultural heritage, as they may contribute to differentiate the audiences and to provide different approaches. Carnide is a peripheral neighbourhood of Lisbon with an elderly population, visible traces of rurality, and strong cultural and religious traditions. The academic project e-Carnide concerns its tangible and intangible cultural heritage and the data dissemination through a website and a mobile app, with textual and visual information. The project aims to analyse the impact of technological solutions on cultural tourism development in a sub-region, involving interdisciplinary research in heritage, history of art, ethnography, design communication and software engineering and the collaboration between the university and local residents in a dynamic and innovative way. Framed by a theoretical approach about the role of smart economy for the cultural tourism development in peripheral areas, this paper focuses on a case study, dealing with documents, interviews and observations, in order to understand how the e-Carnide project evolves. The study comprises an analysis about the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) of the project in view to realize its social and cultural implications and to appreciate how it can be applied in other similar and enlarged projects. Results of the research indicates that the new technological strategies can promote the involvement of the population in the knowledge of its own heritage as a factor of cultural and creative tourism development centred on an authentic and immersive experience of the places.  a21987246 (ISSN); 9783319477312 (ISBN)