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Host-tourist interaction and impact of tourism on residents’ Quality of Life

This paper analyses the relationship between host-tourist interactions and residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts on their QOL. A survey of residents in two Portuguese beach communities was conducted. Two PCAs were used to identify dimensions of host-tourist interaction and QOL domains. Furthermore, an importance-perceived impact analysis and Paired t-tests were carried out to identify gaps between the level...

Sustainability innovation in tourism: a systematic literature review

Sustainability innovation has been discussed as an approach to tourism. The concept of innovation is still regarded as abstract or with little application, and the same is true of the concept of sustainable tourism. This systematic literature review intends to investigate the state of sustainability innovation in tourism addressing the question: “What are the potential ways to implement sustainable innovation w...

Family tourism effects for low-income families – Past reality for future insights

Although the benefits of tourism are recognized, there are still doubts about the potential effects of family tourism for specific types of families. This qualitative study aims to characterize past family tourism practices of a sample of low-income families with children and examine its effects. Interviews were conducted, including adult(s) and children of each family. Results reveal that families reported imp...

The ‘why’ and ‘what for’ of participation in tourism activities: travel motivat...

The aim of this study is to identify the motivations that lead people with disabilities (PwD) to make the decision to participate in tourism and to ascertain whether there are differences in these motivations between PwD with and without tourism experiences. To achieve this goal, a guiding research model was created based on the mechanism of selfdetermination theory (SDT). A mixed methodology approach was used....

Rural Ties and Consumption of Rural Provenance Food Products - Evidence from th...

Consumers’ food preferences increasingly meet concerns of authenticity, health, origin, and sustainability, altogether attributes embodied in rural provenance food products. The dynamics of production, commercialization, and availability of these products in urban centers are growing stronger. This study aims to explore rural provenance food consumption and underlying motivations, the consumers’ images of produ...

Uma tipologia das lojas urbanas especializadas no comércio de produtos agroalim...

Motivações, preferências e práticas dos consumidores de produtos agroalimentare...

Conclusão – Dos Campos para as Cidades – o papel dos produtos agroalimentares d...

Dos Campos para as Cidades - o papel dos produtos agroalimentares no desenvolvi...

17 Capítulo 1 Porquê estudar os percursos e o papel dos produtos agroalimentares de proveniência rural a partir das lojas urbanas especializadas? – o caso do projeto STRINGS Elisabete Figueiredo, Mónica Truninger e Teresa Forte 1.1. Introdução O presente livro reúne os principais resultados do projeto STRINGS - Selling The Rural IN (urban) Gourmet Stores – establishing new liaisons between town and country thro...

Consuming Rural Territories through Food – A Segmentation Analysis Based on the...

The increasing interest of consumers in rural provenance food products is known to meet concerns regarding authenticity, health, safety, and sustain-ability and to be based on knowledge and familiarity. Based on the results of a survey to 1553 customers of 24 urban specialty shops, located in three Portuguese cities, this study aims at identifying different segments of con-sumers of rural provenance foods accor...