Geospatial analysis techniques for tourist flows. Sardinia study region (Italy)

The tourism sector has been dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, 11 a significant recovery of the tourist flows has been recorded in 2022. As regards the air passenger 12 traffic, it is expected to reach 2019 figures in 2023. The greatest increase in passengers’ traffic in 2022 13 was recorded in Europe, with 2 billion passengers, that is 81.1% of 2019. Such dynamics also affect 14 Italian airports, especially those of medium and small size such as Sardinia airports. In this frame-15 work, the goal of the paper is to use geospatial analysis techniques of tourism flows, preparatory to 16 developing Mobility as Service (MaaS) solutions.