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Family Tourism for Low- Income Families – A Pre-covid19 Reality for Future Pers...

There are still many doubts about the benefits that tourism may have for tourists. This gap in the tourism research is more obvious if considering family tourism and its potential benefits for the whole family and for its elements individually. This research gap is even more evident if considering studies that analyse the benefits of family tourism for low-income families. Family tourism offers opportunities to...

The Impact of Structural Funds on Regional Growth: A Panel Data Spatial Analysis

Can bicycle tourism strength rural areas?

Tourism sector is considered as one of the most growing economic sectors nowadays (Eusébio, Anselmo de Castro, & Costa, 2013; Eusébio, Carneiro, Kastenholz, & Alvelos, 2013; Matias, Nijkamp, & Sarmento, 2011; Sinclair, 1998; Wall & Mathieson, 2006), and thus, as a “strategic vehicle for gaining prosperity” (Matias et al., 2011:1). Rural areas, highly valued for their biodiversity, attractive landscapes, distinc...

Eco innovation - does it differs for hospitality and restaurants?

Eco-innovation activities of firms have been widely explored. However, there is a lack of analyses for services and for tourism related sectors in specific. This paper tackles this limitation, focusing on Portugal, using data from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). As far as possible, the patterns and determinants of eco-innovation for the hospitality and restaurants (HR) sector are analyzed, using services...

The influence of international tourism on exports of agro-food products: the ca...

The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of the international tourism on exports of agro-food products. To analyze this effect a questionnaire-based survey was conducted on a sample of inbound visitors (N=500) who visited Portugal in 2015. Our findings provide insights about the consumption of agro-food products during the trip to Portugal, the places where the products were consumed,&...

Measuring the tourism economic impact in islands: a review article

Regardless of the tourism development models followed by island territories, the sector as a whole or as a specific component of the tourist activity results in multiple economic impacts whose efforts of quantification have involved several academics and researchers, and the use of different methodologies.Despite the many constraints and vulnerabilities that flog the island Territories, they can impro...

How economic growth affects emissions? An investigation of the environmental Ku...

It is a disquieting reality that increased economic growth for many years now in the Western world is at odds with environmental degradation. In this paper the relationship between economic growth and environmental variables is analyzed under two non-linear specifications, a quadratic and a cubic specification. The study is conducted for Portugal and Spain in the period 1975–2012, using data for 13 sectors. GVA i...

Exports and Tourism: Testing the Causality

This article analyzes the interaction between exports of local processed agro-food products and inbound tourism. On the one hand, international tourism promotes the knowledge about local agro-food products and direct contact with them. On the other hand, the exports of these products, which are linked to the attractiveness and authenticity of the destination, may induce international tourism arrivals. The empir...

The promotion of local agro-food products through tourism: a segmentation analysis

In order to analyse the role of inbound tourism in the promotion of future exports of agro-food products, this paper presents a segmentation study of the international tourism market of Portugal, based on visitors’ intentions to consume, and likelihood to recommend to friends and relatives, specific local products when they return to their home country. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted on a sample of ...

Quantificação dos impactes económicos do turismo nas ilhas: um artigo de revisão

Independentemente dos modelos de desenvolvimento do turismo seguidos pelos territórios insulares, o setor no seu todo ou uma componente específica da atividade turística resulta em impactes económicos cujos esforços de quantificação têm envolvido vários académicos e investigadores, e o recurso a várias metodologias. Apesar dos muitos constrangimentos e vulnerabilidades que fustigam os territórios insulares, pod...