# TourismIntel — llms.txt
# Machine-readable entry points for AI crawlers and LLM agents.

> TourismIntel is an AI-powered intelligence platform for the travel industry:
> curated news, weekly editorial briefs, a podcast, reports library and
> "Pulse" — official multi-source tourism statistics (OECD, Eurostat,
> UN Tourism) with monthly frequency and platform-economy coverage.

## Pulse — Tourism Data (plain Markdown, no JS required)
- [Pulse headline figures (Markdown)](https://tourismintel.ai/api/pulse/teaser.md): latest real numbers — EU monthly nights year-to-date, top world destination by international arrivals, EU platform-economy guest nights (Airbnb/Booking/Expedia, Eurostat experimental), Italy arrivals. Regenerated at every data sync with full source attribution.
- [Cifre principali in italiano (Markdown)](https://tourismintel.ai/api/pulse/teaser.md?lang=it): same figures, Italian.
- [Pulse teaser (JSON)](https://tourismintel.ai/api/pulse/teaser): same figures, structured.

## Editorial content
- [Sitemap](https://tourismintel.ai/api/sitemap.xml)
- [News RSS](https://tourismintel.ai/api/rss) · topic feeds: [AI in travel](https://tourismintel.ai/api/rss/ai-travel), [Hotel tech](https://tourismintel.ai/api/rss/hotel-tech)
- [Weekly Travel Brief](https://tourismintel.ai/travel-brief) — latest issue; [Brief archive](https://tourismintel.ai/briefs) · [Briefs RSS](https://tourismintel.ai/api/rss/briefs). Per-issue pages: `https://tourismintel.ai/travel-brief/{slug}`; crawler-readable HTML with the full text: `https://tourismintel.ai/api/preview/brief/{slug}`.
- [Newsletters archive (JSON)](https://tourismintel.ai/api/newsletters/list) · [Newsletters RSS](https://tourismintel.ai/api/rss/newsletters) · human pages: https://tourismintel.ai/newsletters · `https://tourismintel.ai/newsletter/{slug}`
- [Officina Turistica in English](https://tourismintel.ai/officina-turistica): Italian tourism-industry posts translated into English (hreflang-paired with the Italian originals).

## Podcast — TourismIntel Weekly
- [Podcast RSS](https://tourismintel.ai/api/rss/podcast): weekly AI-curated audio briefing hosted by Mirko Lalli (episode title, description, audio enclosure). Human page: https://tourismintel.ai/podcast

## Reports & Research library (plain Markdown, no JS required)
- [Reports index (Markdown)](https://tourismintel.ai/api/reports/index.md): every industry report in the library grouped by category, each linking to its Markdown brief.
- Per-report brief: `https://tourismintel.ai/api/reports/{slug}.md` — original TourismIntel editorial summary (600–900 words: at a glance, scope, key findings, key numbers, why it matters, methodology) with publisher, date, access type and the official source URL. Only figures present in the source document are reported; briefs written from a gated or unreachable source say so.
- Human pages: https://tourismintel.ai/reports · category hubs at https://tourismintel.ai/reports/category/{slug}

## Industry events calendar (public, no login)
- [Events JSON](https://tourismintel.ai/api/events): upcoming travel & tourism industry events (trade shows, conferences, marketplaces, MICE, institutional summits) with organiser, official URL, city/country/venue, coordinates, type, themes, access class and a short original "why it matters" note. Filters: `?region=europe|americas|apac|middle_east|africa`, `&type=`, `&theme=`, `&month=YYYY-MM`, `&access=free|paid|invite`, `&q=`.
- Per-event JSON: `https://tourismintel.ai/api/events/by-slug/{slug}` · iCalendar feed: https://tourismintel.ai/api/events/calendar.ics (per event: `/api/events/{slug}.ics`).
- Dates come ONLY from organiser announcements (never estimated); attendance figures only when published by the organiser, with the reference year. Human pages: https://tourismintel.ai/events · https://tourismintel.ai/events/{slug}

## MCP Server (Model Context Protocol) — for AI agents
- Endpoint: https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0). Auth: `Authorization: Bearer ti_live_…` or `X-API-Key: ti_live_…`. Free self-service key + docs: https://tourismintel.ai/mcp · machine-readable tool catalogue: https://tourismintel.ai/api/mcp/catalog
- Open tier (free, 30 req/min · 500/day), 10 read-only tools: `search_news`, `get_brief`, `list_briefs`, `list_reports`, `get_report_brief`, `list_events` (region / month / theme / type / country / query — organiser-confirmed dates, why-it-matters, official URL, .ics), `get_trending`, `get_clusters`, `latest_newsletter`, `list_podcast_episodes`. Pro (Beta by request) adds `ask_tourismintel` (cited RAG answers). Max 20 results per call; titles, summaries, URLs and dates only — never third-party full text.
- Works today with Claude.ai (custom connector, `x-api-key` header), Claude Desktop and Cursor. Roadmap: OAuth 2.0 sign-in for ChatGPT connectors (coming soon), Pro web payments, event planner & reminders.


## Access
Full interactive access to Pulse (country dashboards, seasonality & platform
economy, comparisons, rankings) requires a free account:
https://tourismintel.ai/pulse