"Smart Beaches": analysis of the concept of intelligent management applied to beaches

This paper provides an analysis of the tourist management strategies applied to the Smart Beaches existing in Spain. This review takes the concepts of Smart City and Smart Destination as a reference in order to propose a methodology divided into two phases: the first is conceptual, considering the management criteria in the most used rules of beaches management in the country; and the second is a calibrator phase, in which best practices are extracted. Thus, a number of requirements are presented, with their respective definitions and national experiences, confirming Spain's important role in the context of international tourist intelligence.