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Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance t...

The way tourists move in space and time is part of their travelexperience while at the same time moulding it. In the urbancontext, tourists usually include multiple attractions on their intradestinationitineraries. Understanding tourists’ spatiotemporalbehaviour may help improve the quality of their experience as wellas provide useful information to the management of attractions anddestination. Nevertheless, to...

As rotas da Bairrada, do Dão e da Beira Interior enquanto estruturas dinamizado...

As rotas relacionadas com o vinho têm um elevado potencial para promover a dinamização e o desenvolvimento dos territórios onde se integram. O presente capítulo tem como objetivo discutir o importante papel destas rotas, bem como caracterizar três destas rotas existentes na Região Centro de Portugal – a Rota da Bairrada, a Rota dos Vinhos do Dão e a Rota dos Vinhos da Beira Interior – e os territórios em que se...

Tourist experiences in a wine region – the case of the Portuguese Beira Interior

Visitors' experiences as reported on social media constitute relevant data that not only represent memories and allow post-visit evaluation of the experience, but also influence third-party future experiences via the phenomenon of "word-of-mouth". In this context, the present study aims to understand the wine tourism experiences of visitors to the specific wine region of Beira Interior in Central Portugal, as r...

No whining at the winery: family-friendly winescape attributes

Wine tourism is generally described as an activity undertaken by middle-aged couples who travel to taste and learn about wine. However, some scholars suggest that families with children may also be a potential market for wine attractions and destinations. Meanwhile, some wineries in different countries cater to families, being identified as family or child-friendly. Despite this, very few studies examine family...

Water conservation practices in Portugal's wine tourism companies

Although recognized as potentially beneficial for the sustainable development of territories, wine tourism can also cause negative environmental impacts, such as the excessive exploitation of water resources. These impacts may be related to the activities and services offered to wine tourists. It is therefore relevant to reflect on the moments of water wastage and the sustainability practices in terms of w...

The stakeholder-entrepreneur value creation pyramid in wine tourism: Taking sup...

Wine tourism represents a complex ecosystem combining distinct sectors: grape production, wine making and tourism. Innovative wine tourism must understand the dynamics of the wine tourism ecosystem, specifically regarding entrepreneur-stakeholders' value-cocreation, and its capacity to unlock significant sources of new value, with benefits for all. By proposing a stakeholder-entrepreneur value-cocreation pyrami...

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Comparison of three wine routes realities in Central Portugal

Wine tourism is an important area of special-interest tourism in Portugal, and represents an increasingly significant component of regional development. In a more conservative approach, wine tourism has been described as visiting vineyards, wineries and engaging in wine-related activities. However, this perspective has been broadened, taking advantage of all the potential of the specific destination’s terroir (...

Tracking wine tourists’ movements using gps: evidence from the bairrada wine ro...

The chapter discusses the application and value of GPS (Global Positioning System) for tracking tourists’ movements in rural wine tourism destinations using data collected on the Bairrada wine route, Portugal. The chapter analyses the theoretical underpinning for collecting and analysing data for tracking people’s space-time movements, and then identifies the challenges that GPS entails when applied in rural ar...

Territórios vinhateiros e o seu potencial para o enoturismo: a análise de recur...

O crescente interesse do mercado em atividades de enoturismo tem chamado cada vez mais a atenção, tanto dos atores económicos e políticos dos territórios vitivinícolas como das respetivas comunidades, na procura de rumos próprios e sustentáveis de desenvolvimento. Contudo, a aposta no enoturismo – de grande interesse tanto no setor do turismo como do vinho – requer a dinamização de uma multiplicidade de recurso...