EVOLUTION PROSPECTS

This is the second version of the index, presenting new criteria in relation to the first version:

• United Nations Member States (UN)
• International Organization for Stardardization (ISO)
• Cultural Heritage: number of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity experienced.
• SLOW: a Nomadmania index showing how long the user stayed in each country

As a result, the weight of each criterion has also been changed accordingly.

Despite these developments, the index remains simple, representing just the initial step in what is intended to become a key benchmark in the world of travelers. Some possible areas for development include:

• introducing more criterion to measure the Quality of Travel, which represents the primary area for improvement;
• incorporating lists and criterion from other travel clubs;
• developing MTI specific lists and criterions;
• enabling real-time calculation of the index;
• developing a system to verify the accuracy of the available data.

For these reasons, it is important to engage our friends in the travel community in providing feedback, critiques and suggestions for improvements.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

As mentioned above, this version is a first draft, inevitably imperfect and incomplete. Therefore, feedback from our friends in the travel community is crucial for possible improvements at all levels, including:

• lists;
• criterion;
• weightings;
• limitations;
• methods of dissemination;
• ways to overcome the limitations mentioned above;
• and more.

Specifically, they may answer the following questions:

• What is your opinion about MTI?
• What are the main limitations of MTI?
• How would you improve the MTI?
• How can the MTI be more publicized?

We are mainly concerned with improving the QL component of the MTI, so it is especially important for us to have the answer to the following two questions:

• What is your opinion about the weightings attributed to the 4 criterion presented?
• What other criterion and sources should be included in the QL component of the MTI?

All general comments, critiques and suggestions should be sent to the email “MTI@ABS.PT”, in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

Also, any traveler (whether listed in the top 200) who wants to know more details about their index score can request them by emailing the same address.