Digital technologies for the tourism development of the “weak” mountain. Opportunities and limits

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to discuss the opportunities and limitations of the digital technologies for tourism promotion and development in the declining areas of Italian mountains, adopting the methodological perspective of learning tourism. This is a form of participatory tourism where host communities and tourists play a co-pro-tagonist role in planning the offer of a place, considering the value given to local re-sources.