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Plano Estratégico do Aspiring Geoparque Oeste (AGO)

A publicação “Plano Estratégico do aspiring Geoparque Oeste” é um instrumento de gestão essencial para o desenvolvimento do projeto de candidatura a Geoparque Mundial da UNESCO, mas sobretudo para a implementação de medidas de âmbito territorial relacionadas com a geoconservação, geoeducação e geoturismo. A sua conceção é da autoria de uma equipa de investigadores do Centro de Investigação, Desenvolvimento e In...

Plano Estratégico para o Turismo Sustentável 20.30: Município de Porto de Mós

O livro “Plano Estratégico para o Turismo Sustentável 20.30 do Município de Porto de Mós” é um instrumento de gestão territorial concebido para o turismo de Porto de Mós, da autoria de uma equipa de investigadores do Centro de Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Inovação do Politécnico de Leiria (CITUR-Leiria). Contudo, a sua concetualização resulta de um trabalho colaborativo e sistemático em que os protagonistas ...

Environmental awareness of surf tourists: The case study of Peniche, Portugal

The sustainability of surf destinations has gained considerable attention over the last decades and surfers have been identified as key stakeholders for the planning and development of sustainable surf tourism. In order to achieve changes in people’s behavior, it is important to gain insights into their beliefs and values and how these influence their decisions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess...

The impact of the European Wine City 2018: Torres Vedras / Alenquer (CEV) in th...

Events can have a very positive impact on the image of a destination. Wine tourism events can be distinguished as holders of special and peculiar characteristics that bring us to "authenticity" and experimentation. These are essential criteria for the success of a tourism product. In this sequence, the objective will be to determine the Impact of the European Wine City 2018 - Torres Vedras / Alenquer (CEV). The...

Manual de boas práticas e sustentabilidade no turismo

Study of the satisfaction of the tourists in the accommodation of the tourist d...

This article concerns the analysis of the satisfaction about tourism accommodation in Peniche destination. The main concern is about the trust between costumer and business, the word of mouth between clients and, the most important factor, the loyalty with a specific lodging, affects the business itself. Therefore, this study contributes in the development and practice of the most important factor in tourism, t...

Monitoring tourism destinations: the challenge for a collaborative network: The...

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. This aphorism comes to our mind whenever we are concerned with the sustainable tourism planning and management of a destination. Indeed, without an efficient monitoring system engaging all stakeholders and covering all the tourism activities, it’s impossible to perform a rigorous assessment of tourism impacts. In order to achieve the twofold goals of tourism manag...

The level of utility and trustiness of the statistical data provided by tourism...

When destination management organizations (DMO) are about to create (or adopt) a monitoring system for a continuous assessment of tourism performance in terms of sustainability and competitiveness, they face some crucial questions, such as: (1) what are the most relevant indicators in terms of its utility for tourism management?; (2) how many indicators have to be included to ensure a satisfactory coverage of a...

From the intentions to the reality: the real status of empirical knowledge in t...

Despite the declarative consensus among tourism stakeholders regarding the importance of scientific knowledge as the basis for a competent tourism management, and despite the permanent discourses concerning the assessment of tourism impacts as the sine qua non condition to ensure a sustainable tourism development, the real situation seems discouraging and confusing: most of tourism destinations have not an obse...