Through participatory action research, collaborative design and fast prototyping this project aims at empowering local Lebanese rural communities endorsed by natural and heritage beauty through a smart host-guest relationship technology. Partners will closely work together to find the most appropriate technological solution for rural communities both in terms of interaction and design towards the generation of socio-economic impact . The appropriate technology solution will then be tested both with the communities and with visitors to ensure there is a proper fit between technology and multi-users needs. EHL and AUB will work with the local green startup Daskara project (http://www.daskaraapp.com), which already geo-indexed more than 3500 natural and heritage objects in rural Lebanon, to foster rural tourism business and visitation thus impacting on community dwellers entrepreneurial activities. The project will contribute to SDGs 1, 2, 5, 8 and 11 in different form and will help project Daskara to fine tune their business model towards the creation of an independent company.
