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Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints

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Resumo:Heritage tourism has been widely seen in the last years as an effective way of addressing the socio-economic problems and the heritage degradation of peripheral territo- ries. Heritage is a rising tourism product providing tourists with experiences based on the (in)tangible remains of the past. Due to the lack of other possibilities, the policies found in peripheral territories often highlight tourism – particularly heritage tourism – as the most valuable activity to launch a more sustainable development process. Nevertheless, the impact of heritage tourism is controversial and not always evident both in terms of socio-economic regeneration and in terms of heritage rehabilitation, contradicting some generalized rhetoric. The article presents the main conclusions of research undertaken in the Portuguese peripheral municipality of Almeida, where heritage tourism is claimed to be the most promising activity to overcome the current trend of decline.Data were collected frommunicipal and regional entities using a previously structured survey about perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism development in the municipality. The findings disclose the main obstacles, the strategies and the challenges that this territory is facing to underpin development based on heritage tourism. The main conclusions highlight the strong fragmentation between public and private entities and the lack of a tourism management plan for Almeida’s successful future as a destination of heritage tourism. In certain ways, and due to similar problems, the findings and the proposals of the present research can be applied to other peripheral areas.
Autores principais:Fonseca, Fernando Pereira da
Outros Autores:Ramos, Rui A. R.
Assunto:Heritage tourism Peripheral territories Rural areas Governance Almeida Portugal
Ano:2012
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso restrito
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Rural areas
Governance
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description Heritage tourism has been widely seen in the last years as an effective way of addressing the socio-economic problems and the heritage degradation of peripheral territo- ries. Heritage is a rising tourism product providing tourists with experiences based on the (in)tangible remains of the past. Due to the lack of other possibilities, the policies found in peripheral territories often highlight tourism – particularly heritage tourism – as the most valuable activity to launch a more sustainable development process. Nevertheless, the impact of heritage tourism is controversial and not always evident both in terms of socio-economic regeneration and in terms of heritage rehabilitation, contradicting some generalized rhetoric. The article presents the main conclusions of research undertaken in the Portuguese peripheral municipality of Almeida, where heritage tourism is claimed to be the most promising activity to overcome the current trend of decline.Data were collected frommunicipal and regional entities using a previously structured survey about perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism development in the municipality. The findings disclose the main obstacles, the strategies and the challenges that this territory is facing to underpin development based on heritage tourism. The main conclusions highlight the strong fragmentation between public and private entities and the lack of a tourism management plan for Almeida’s successful future as a destination of heritage tourism. In certain ways, and due to similar problems, the findings and the proposals of the present research can be applied to other peripheral areas.
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spelling engRoutledgeporHeritage tourism has been widely seen in the last years as an effective way of addressing the socio-economic problems and the heritage degradation of peripheral territo- ries. Heritage is a rising tourism product providing tourists with experiences based on the (in)tangible remains of the past. Due to the lack of other possibilities, the policies found in peripheral territories often highlight tourism – particularly heritage tourism – as the most valuable activity to launch a more sustainable development process. Nevertheless, the impact of heritage tourism is controversial and not always evident both in terms of socio-economic regeneration and in terms of heritage rehabilitation, contradicting some generalized rhetoric. The article presents the main conclusions of research undertaken in the Portuguese peripheral municipality of Almeida, where heritage tourism is claimed to be the most promising activity to overcome the current trend of decline.Data were collected frommunicipal and regional entities using a previously structured survey about perceptions and attitudes towards heritage tourism development in the municipality. The findings disclose the main obstacles, the strategies and the challenges that this territory is facing to underpin development based on heritage tourism. The main conclusions highlight the strong fragmentation between public and private entities and the lack of a tourism management plan for Almeida’s successful future as a destination of heritage tourism. In certain ways, and due to similar problems, the findings and the proposals of the present research can be applied to other peripheral areas.application/pdfengHeritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraintsFonseca, Fernando Pereira daRamos, Rui A. R.HostingInstitutionOrganizationalUniversidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.ptISSNIsPartOf1461-6688DOIIsPartOf10.1080/14616688.2011.6101472012-03-27T16:26:07Z20122012-01-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/18130http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecrestricted accessHeritage tourismPeripheral territoriesRural areasGovernanceAlmeidaPortugal472253 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecapplication/pdffulltexthttps://prod-dspace.uminho.pt/bitstreams/68886e05-0dc7-468a-ad3f-917b4141a8f5/download
spellingShingle Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
Fonseca, Fernando Pereira da
Heritage tourism
Peripheral territories
Rural areas
Governance
Almeida
Portugal
status SINGLETON
subject.fl_str_mv Heritage tourism
Peripheral territories
Rural areas
Governance
Almeida
Portugal
title Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
title_full Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
title_fullStr Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
title_full_unstemmed Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
title_short Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
title_sort Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: development strategies and constraints
topic Heritage tourism
Peripheral territories
Rural areas
Governance
Almeida
Portugal
topic_facet Heritage tourism
Peripheral territories
Rural areas
Governance
Almeida
Portugal
url https://hdl.handle.net/1822/18130
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