L-Tour
Serviços ao Exterior
L-TOUR offers six types of service, each with defined deliverables and, in most cases, completed work that serves as a reference.
1. Evaluation models and indicators
Design of criteria, indicators, calculation formulas and evaluation grids for practices, products, events and strategies, with validation and replicability. Deliverables: documented model, data-collection instrument, application report and good-practice guide. Reference: the HITTS model (Interreg Sudoe), applied to fifteen good practices from Portugal, Spain and France, with a guide published in four languages.
2. Routes, itineraries and tourism products
Resource inventory and validation, unifying themes and reference figures, mapping, storytelling and interpretation, proposals for digital media, and curation of tourism, cultural, gastronomic and creative experiences. Deliverables: validated resource matrix, phase reports, maps and thematic support documents. Reference: Templar Route in the Médio Tejo region (2021).
3. Diagnostics and impact studies
Surveys of cultural agents, venues, public funding, digital presence, heritage resources and events; measurement of flows, visitor profiles and economic dependence on tourism; diagnostic and feasibility studies. Deliverables: dataset with codebook, diagnostic report and indicators comparable across years. Reference: the L-TOUR data-collection protocol on the cultural and creative ecosystems of the Médio Tejo region (first wave, 2026/2027).
4. Strategies, plans and funding applications
Local and regional tourism and culture planning, tourism and cultural development strategies, management and enhancement of tourism, cultural and museum facilities, technical and scientific framing of funding applications and partnership in European projects. Deliverables: project description, work plan and methodology. Reference: membership of the Médio Tejo Territorial Laboratory under the HITTS project.
5. Seminars, conferences and content
Scientific programming of events, moderation, texts and outreach materials, tourism-cultural and heritage interpretation content. Deliverables: programme, speakers, presentation texts and post-event summary. Reference: the seminar "A Fundação do Castelo" (The Founding of the Castle), Templar Festival 2026, at the Convent of Christ.
6. Training and digital solutions
Short courses, capacity-building actions and micro-credentials for public bodies, private organisations and local stakeholders; conceptual design of platforms, dashboards and digital tools for tourism and culture, including requirements, content, indicators and target audiences.
How to commission work
Send a request to l-tour@ipt.pt describing the problem and the deadline. The laboratory replies with a work proposal (objectives, methodology, team, timetable and budget), formalised by the Polytechnic University of Tomar through a service contract, a collaboration agreement or a partnership in a funding application. Work involving data collection from people follows data-protection rules and the institution's regulations.
