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The strategy of a new tourism model: Polycentric sustainable tourism

Inclusive Co-Creation: Rethinking Museum Experiences using technologies for Sen...

The visitor experience is increasingly enhanced by museums, which align with co-creation theory. However, people with sensory impairments, such as vision or hearing loss, often face barriers that restrict their access to and enjoyment of museums. This study investigates how people with sensory impairments (PwSI) experience museums, focusing on the key factors that influence their engagement and ability to co-cr...

How Pandemics and Disease Outbreaks Impact the Tourism Industry: an industry pe...

The global pandemic was a disaster for humankind, but it was also a source of opportunities and challenges for society. There is a large body of research about the impacts of pandemics and disease outbreaks in tourism, especially in the consumer perspective, but less attention was paid to the perspectives of tourism players, especially the challenges and opportunities brought about by the pandemic. Using a pane...

Smart Hospitality: Goodbye Virus!

One of the main impacts of technologies in the tourism sector is traveler empowerment. Technology has allowed travelers to be a lot more informed and to take a proactive role in organizing their own trip. Now, tourists are much more demanding, have several options to choose, and have more bargaining power. Tourist has also become not just a mere visitor, but a content generator sharing their experience with oth...

THE COVID-19 IMPACTS ON THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS FROM EXPERTS IN POR...

Purpose - To better understand the impact of COVID -19 on the tourism sector, with a focus on the hospitality industry, and how these changes will affect the sector and business responsiveness. Design - This is research focusing on the COVID-19 impacts on the hospitality sector in Portugal. The study reports in detail how a group of experts perceived this critical situation caused by the pandemic. Methodology -...

The Covid-19 impacts on the hospitality? Highlights from the industry experts

Purpose - To better understand the impact of COVID -19 on the tourism sector, with a focus on the hospitality industry, and how these changes will affect the sector and business responsiveness. Design - This is research focusing on the COVID-19 impacts on the hospitality sector in Portugal. The study reports in detail how a group of experts perceived this critical situation caused by the pandemic. Methodology -...

Management models evaluation of a castanea sativa coppice in the Northeast of P...

In a chestnut high forest converted into coppice, 4 permanent plots were established in 1994. These plots are being managed according to the silvicultural models proposed by Bourgeois (1992) and adapted to our conditions. The treatments are: T1 = Model 1: small dimensions; T2 = Model 2: medium dimensions; T3 = Model 3: Large dimensions; Control = coppice without intervention. In 2003, a 2nd thinning was applied...

Management models evaluation of Castanea sativa coppice in the northeast of Por...

In a chestnut high forest converted in coppice, 4 permanent plots were established in 1994. These plots are being managed according to the silvicultural models proposed by Bourgeois (1992) and adapted to our conditions. The treatments are: T1 = Model 1: small dimensions; T2 = Model 2: medium dimensions; T3 = Model 3: Large dimensions; Control = (coppice without intervention). In 2003, a 2nd thinning was applied...

Sustainable management of chestnut forested areas in high forest and coppice sy...

Since 2002 a AGRO research project, supported by European Community, is being developed aimed to propose and to validate models for chestnut forests sustainable management in two subsystems, high forest and coppice The management has been based in silvicultural techniques having in view the conservation and rational utilization of soil as well as the suitable account for biomass, tree incorporated and lift annu...

Sustainable management of chestnut forested areas in high forest and coppice sy...

Since 2002 a AGRO research project, supported by European Community, is being developed aimed to propose and to validate models for chestnut forests sustainable management in two subsystems, high forest and coppice The management has been based in silvicultural techniques having in view the conservation and rational utilization of soil as well as the suitable account for biomass, tree incorporated and lift annu...