RESEARCH GROUP 1TOURISM, IDENTITIES & CULTURAL

HERITAGE

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Keywords

• Heritage and landscape resources• Social memory• Cultural tourism• Representation, significance and identity• Creative tourism• Governance and tourism

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Senior Researchers• Ana Isabel Machado Lopes Sampaio• António Eduardo Veyrier Valério Maduro• Aurélio Araújo Oliveira• Carlos Alberto Brochado de Almeida• Carlos de Oliveira Fernandes• Eduardo Cândido Cordeiro Gonçalves (Main researcher) • Gonçalo Nuno Ramos Maia Marques• Henrique Fernandes Rodrigues• João Pedro Figueira de Almeida Urbano de Mendonça• Jorge Remondes de Sousa• José Luís Reis• Luzia Oca Fernández• Maria Emília Pereira Simões de Abreu• Maria Isabel Barros Morais Costa• Pedro Miguel de Sousa Marques Simões• Veronique Nelly Paul Marie Joukes• Xerardo Pereiro Pérez 3

Other researchers

• 7 PhD students • 9 collaborating research fellows (from the

Universities of Vigo, Louisville, North Carolina, Teramo, Coruña, etc.)

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Research Group Coordination

• Eduardo Gonçalves, an historian and Director of ISMAI’s in-house tourism research centre CEDTUR, heads the Research Group, and has significant experience in the coordination of tourism research teams. Xerardo Pereiro, an anthropologist, is coordinator of the Thematic Research Line “Tourism & Development”.

• Researchers, postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and collaborating researchers from other institutions work together on (inter)national projects promoted by the group.

• All research projects are designed and developed in close collaboration with CETRAD’s Board of Directors and, where appropriate, with CETRAD’s other RGs and TRLs.

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A new Research Group in CETRAD• For the period 2015-20, as a result of adjustments to CETRAD’s

organizational matrix, a new research group (RG) has been created that will focus on issues relating to “Tourism, Identities & Cultural Heritage”.

• It is constituted by 17 integrated members with PhDs (10 of whom from ISMAI, CETRAD’s only other formally participating institution, 5 from UTAD, and 2 from the Viana do Castelo Polytechnic), plus 5 collaborating postdoctoral researchers from overseas and national universities. The core of the RG is provided by researchers dedicated exclusively to the study Tourism & Cultural Heritage, many of whom have long experience of working collaboratively in one of ISMAI’s dedicated research groups. The RG has its own premises (provided by ISMAI) and excellent technological infrastructure. It also co-manages an indexed, peer review, international journal (PASOS – www.pasosonline.org), the quality and impact (2.8/5) of which has been internationally recognised.

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Courses, multidisciplinarity & networks

• The RG supports three undergraduate degree courses in Tourism – at ISMAI, at the IPVC (Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo) and at UTAD, one of which (the IPVC) has WTO (World Tourism Organization) certification 2005 -15.

• It also supports a Masters in Tourism, Heritage & Development (currently taught at ISMAI, and to be jointly offered in future), a Masters in Innovative Tourism Development (at the IPVC) and is currently drafting a proposal for a joint ISMAI-UTAD-IPVC doctoral programme in Tourism & Cultural Heritage.

• The RG’s commitment to the interdisciplinary study of Tourism & Cultural Heritage is total, and its research strategy is closely allied with CETRAD’s overall aims and priorities. It actively deploys skills from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, from sociology, anthropology, history and archeology to economics and management.

• The RG participates in networks related to the study of socially sustainable and responsible tourism, cultural tourism (RITA, ACMS, CINVESTAV, EUCALAND, ATLAS and its researchers are members of Special Interest Groups including Gastronomy and Tourism, Cultural Tourism, Events and Religious Tourism & Pilgrimage, Cittaslow, TRINET, IBERTUR, the Anthropology of Tourism Network, the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism, etc.).

• The Group also continues to develop active linkages between the academic and business worlds, so as to better appreciate and respond to the complexities of the multiple processes that drive tourism.

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Central research issues

• The RG places special emphasis on the roles of culture, nature, heritage and territory, as well as on how culture (through key social anthropological and socio-economic issues) interacts with commercial aspects of tourist travel and the heritage process and, in doing so, constructs and reconstructs identities and mercantilises hitherto unmarketed cultural commodities, assets and amenities.

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Aims of the group

a) From the standpoint of culture as a product, and taking cultural tourism and heritage tourism as being largely synonymous, a priority focus will be on how heritage tourism (in general, including both tangible and intangible aspects) and the planning and management of tourism based on heritage attractions (in particular) can be oriented more towards a creative tourism.b) Using a largely social anthropological perspective, the RG will also direct its attention to issues of cultural heritage and social memory, seen as a social construction and as a meta-cultural symbolic representation of identities.c) The RG will also analyse the mutual interpenetration of the tourism system, cultural policy and heritage management, i.e., the impact of cultural tourism consumption on the form and location of cultural attractions, cultural dynamics and stakeholder relations within the tourism system as a whole. 11

The “Tourism & Development” TRL

• The Thematic Research Line (TRL) on Tourism & Development has an inter- and multi-disciplinary perspective aimed at stimulating interaction between the various disciplines that perceive tourism as an important field of study. The TRL’s proposed research emphasises: a) the effects of tourism on local societies and tourist destinations; and b) tourist uses of culture and cultural heritage, understood from a dynamic and processual perspective and taking into account UNWTO’s global code of ethics for tourism.

• The TRL’s overall challenge will be to generate and transfer results that help to build an alternative, sustainable and ethical tourism based on solidarity. Naturally, the TRL will integrate other analytical concerns into its work, such as the effects of tourism, new culture-nature tourism trends, tourism and new ruralities, border tourism, museums and tourism, tourism and identities, culture, food, crafts and souvenirs, the tourist experience, conflicts over ownership of cultural heritage tourism, tourism and the reinvention of cultural traditions, deruralization, tourism policies for competitiveness and sustainability, and responsible tourism.

• Furthermore, the TRL intends to develop and strengthen its work on new research methodologies in tourism, tourism education and management, tourism and the imaginary, and on tourism and visual culture.

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Recent research projects Examples: 1. Dourintur – 337.000 euros2. Douro Religioso – 377.000 euros3. A survey of the non-material heritage of the Porto Metropolitan Area and the

creation of multiple audiovisual supports for its dissemination - 57 423 euros4. GOBTUR – Tourism governance (supported by the Spanish Secretariat of

Research and Science, principal researcher: Prof. Dr. Agustín Santana) -16 000 euros

5. Portugal’s coastal pilgramage route to Santiago: patrimonialisation and turistification – 4000 euros

6. An agency-based platform for tourism in Portugal – 3000 euros7. Candidature of the Bom Jesus Sanctuary for UNESCO Cultural Heritage of

Humanity status8. Monitoring studies of the impacts of the valuation of the built heritage in the

centre of Chaves on the tourism and educational communities in the region13

Recent research projects (details) Among the research projects recently undertaken by members of the Research Group/Thematic Research Line, the following initiatives should be highlighted:

1. “DOUROINTOUR: Patrimónios Durienses e Turismo Cultural” (DOUROINTOUR: The Douro’s multiple heritages and cultural tourism).

• Reference: NORTE-08-0169-FEDER-000039• Institution: ISMAI (CEDTUR) • Head of project: Eduardo Cândido Cordeiro Gonçalves, • Other researchers CETRAD/ISMAI: Eduardo Cândido Cordeiro Gonçalves; Aurélio

Araújo de Oliveira; João Pedro Mendonça• Financial support: ON.2 – FEDER – EU, 237 000 euros• Period: 2010-2013

Examples of recent research projects

2. “Douro Religioso: Visitar, conhecer, reconhecer” (Visiting, getting to know and appreciating Douro’s religious heritage).• Institution: TUREL; Reference: NORTE-08-0169-FEDER-000001• Head of project: Varico da Costa Pereira• Financial support: ON.2 – FEDER – EU, 377 000 euros• Period: 2010-2013

3. “Recolha de Património Imaterial da Área Metropolitana do Porto e divulgação audiovisual em diversos suportes” (A survey of the non-material heritage of the Porto Metropolitan Area and the creation of multiple audiovisual supports for its dissemination).• Institution: ISMAI (CEDTUR e TCM; APD)• Head of project: Alexandre Valente de Sousa• Other researchers CETRAD/ISMAI: Eduardo C. Cordeiro Gonçalves• Financial support: Área Metropolitana do Porto, 57 423 euros• Period: 2012-2013

Recent research projects 4. “GOBTUR: Diseño de escenarios óptimos de gobernanza turística en Reservas de

la Biosfera” (Designing optimal tourism governance scenarios for Biosphere Reserves)

• Institution: University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), UTAD• Reference: CSO2012-38729-C02-01• Main researcher: Agustín Santana Talavera• Other researchers CETRAD / ISMAI: Eduardo C. Cordeiro Gonçalves, Xerardo

Pereiro• Financial support: “Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad - Dirección General

de investigación y gestión del Plan Nacional de I+D+i” (Spain), 16 000 euros• Period: 2012-2014

Examples of recent research projects

5. “Caminho Português do Litoral para Santiago: “patrimonialização” e “turistificação” (Portugal’s coastal pilgramage route to Santiago: patrimonialisation and turistification)• Institution: ISMAI (CEDTUR); Reference: CEDTUR2011-3• Main researcher: Carlos A. Brochado de Almeida• Financial support: Maiêutica Cooperativa de Ensino Superior/ISMAI, 4.000 Euros• Period: 2011-2014

6. “Agenciamento do Turismo em Portugal” (An agency-based platform for tourism in Portugal)

• Institution: ISMAI (CEDTUR); Reference: CEDTUR2011-2

• Main researcher: António Valério Maduro• Other researhers CETRAD/ISMAI: António Valério Maduro; Eduardo C. Cordeiro

Gonçalves; Aurélio Araújo de Oliveira• Financial support: Maiêutica, Cooperativa de Ensino Superior/ISMAI, 3.000 Euros• Period: 2011-2013

Examples of recent research projects

7. The Bom Jesus Sanctuary: A candidature for UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity status • Institution: Arquidiocese de Braga (Portugal)• Head of project: Varico Pereira – CETRAD - ISMAI;• Other researchers: CETRAD – ISMAI: Aurélio de Oliveira; Eduardo Cordeiro

Gonçalves.

8. “Estudos de monitorização de impacto da valorização do património no turismo e nas comunidades educativas da região” (Monitoring studies of the impacts of the valuation of the built heritage in the centre of Chaves on the tourism and educational communities in the region)• Head of project: Veronique Joukes – CETRAD;• Other researchers: Isabel Costa, Francisco Diniz, Varico Pereira e Duarte Morais -

CETRAD• Financial support: Flavifomento, 24.000 euros• Period: 2012-2014

Other research projects8. A Tourism Agenda for Trás-os-Montes (supported by the Eixo Atlântico do

Noroeste Peninsular)9. Minho as a European Region of Gastronomy (supported by European

Commission)10. Transborder tourism between Spain and Portugal (supported by the Spanish

Secretariat of Research and Science).11. Guna Indigenous tourism in Panama – 55.000 euro12. Alfa III Programme on tourism in Central America13. ANIMAT I - Animar o Alto Tâmega (2010) – Application for investments in a

combined intermunicipal cultural agenda and tourism facilities (theme park of the Borralha mines, bike lane in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Nadir Afonso Museum in Chaves)

14. ANIMAT II - Animar o Alto Tâmega (2011) – Application for investments in a combined intermunicipal cultural agenda and tourism facilities (wine museum in Valpaços, ecomuseum in Boticas and leisure park in Ribeira da Pena)

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Organization/hosting of conferences and research events

Members of the RG/TRL have regularly organised and hosted key international research events such as:

• TURCHAVES (5 editions) held at UTAD – CETRAD. • INTERTUR (4 editions) held at ISMAI – CEDTUR. • ATLAS Annual Conferences (two editions: 1997 and

2007) and candidate for 2017.

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TURCHAVES

INTERTUR2013 at ISMAI

Other international events (1)Members of the RG/TRL have been centrally involved in the organisation and hosting of a large number of other events, such as:1. A conference on “Sustainable Health and Wellness Tourism”, 9-11 October 2011,

UTAD, in cooperation with ATLAS and with European funding via NORTE-07-0927-FEDER-000197 – CHAVES 2011 .

2. The VIII CITURDES (Congresso Internacional de Turismo Rural e Desenvolvimento Sustentável) held at UTAD, 26-28 June 2011.

3. A colloquium on Transborder Tourism, held at UTAD in June 2012. 4. The 10th International CIRCLE Conference, held at Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 3-6

April 2013.5. The ATLAS 5th Expert Conference of the Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage SIG, on

“Production and Consumption of the Pilgrimage Tourism Experience”, 26-28 June 2013, Malta.

6. The ATLAS Tourism & Gastronomy Group, Expert Meeting on Regional Gastronomy “Between tradition and innovation, held at the I.P. of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 29-30 May, 2014.

7. The ATLAS Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Group, 6th International Conference on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 20-23 June 2014, Veszprém, Hungary. 24

Other international events (2)8. “Enoturismo e Turismo em Espaço Rural” - I Jornadas Internacionais de Turismo, in ISMAI in

cooperation with University of Porto. (http://cedtur.ismai.pt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=66 )

9. “Turismo Cultural e Religioso” – II Jornadas Internacionais de Turismo, in ISMAI in cooperation with CEGOT/University of Coimbra (http://cedtur.ismai.pt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=67 )

10. “Tourism and Wine” - International Conference on Tourism, in ISMAI, 23-24 February (2012). ( http://cedtur.ismai.pt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=114 )

11. Co-organization of the Congress “100 years of tourism in Portugal”, 12-16 May (2011), in Geographical Society of Lisbon in cooperation with Turismo de Portugal, I.P.

12. Congress “The Baroque in Portugal and Brazil”, in Bom Jesus, Braga, in cooperation with Confraria do Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga, and ISMAI, 20-22 October (2011).

13. GROUP 2: Industrial Tourism and the production of beers, wines and spirits , as part of the 5th European Conference of Industrial Tourism / 3rd Edition of “Crossroads of Europe”, held at Ferrol (Spain) 17-20 June, 2014 [overall organization by the European DG of Industry &Tourism].

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Key publications (1)• Fernandes, C. (2011), Cultural planning and creative tourism in emerging tourism destinations.

International Journal of Management Cases, Vol.13, nº. 3, 629-636.• Fernandes, C. (2013), The Impact of Cultural Tourism On Host Communities, in R. Raj, and K. Griffin (Eds.),

Cultural Tourism – Global and local perspectives, CABI, UK, 26-38.• Fernandes, C. (2013), The role of a cultural festival in building social capital and the implications for the

regional tourism strategy, in G. Richards, M. de Brito and L. Wilks (Eds.) Exploring the Social Impact of Events, Routledge, UK, 190-202.

• Fernandes, C. & Rachão, S. (2014), Reinventing tourism at a traditional cultural tourism destination: A case study of Viana do Castelo (Portugal). International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol. 12, No. 3, 281-296.

• Fernandes, C., Edwards, J. & Vaughan, R. (2010), Community Participation in the development of tourism: a case study of three parishes in the Peneda Gerês National Park. Journal of Tourism and Development, Nº. 13/14, 1020-1024.

• Fernandes, C., Gonçalves, F., Pimenta, E. & Rachão, S. (2012), Overview of a new research approach for religious tourism: Insights from the pilgrimage on the Portuguese Camino de Santiago. International Journal of Tourism Policy, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 83-94.

• Gonçalves, E. [Ed.] (2010), Dinâmicas de Rede no Turismo Cultural e Religioso. Maia: Ed. ISMAI and CEDTUR – CETRAD.

• Gonçalves, E. [Coord.] (2011), Diversidades, Singularidades e Destinos Turísticos - II Conferência Internacional de Turismo: Resumos. Maia: Edições ISMAI and CEDTUR Edita.

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Key publications (2)• Gonçalves, E. (2012), Mass Tourism in Portugal: from the detraditionalization to the disruption. BARATARIA

- Revista Castellano-Manchega de Ciencias Sociales, Vol. 13, 99-105. • Gonçalves, E. (2012), Wine routes and regional development, ROTUR - Revista de Ocio y Turismo, Vol. 5, 9-

18. • Gonçalves, E. (2013), Na rota das Quintas Históricas do Douro. ISBN: 978-972-9048-69-2. Maia: Edições

ISMAI. Based on results of the project DOUROINTOUR: Douro heritage and cultural tourism (ON.2 - 02-0169-FEDER-000040).

• Gonçalves, E. (2013), Tourism and cultural heritage: the way in Cistercian Alcobaça, in Mosteiros Cistercienses: História, Arte, Espiritualidade e Património. Alcobaça: Jorlis/ICOMOS Comissão Nacional Portugal, Vol. 3, 415-421.

• Gonçalves, E. [Ed.] (2013), Governança e Turismo: III Conferência Internacional de Turismo - Resumos. Maia: Edições ISMAI; CEDTUR/CETRAD.

• Gonçalves, E. (2014), Editorial. PASOS. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Vol. 12, Nº 1, 9-10. • Joukes, V. (2009), Vidago and Pedras Salgadas Spas: The revival of a tourism attraction or a marketing

technique for beverages?, in M. K. Smith & L. Puczkó (Eds.), Health and Wellness Tourism, Butterwort- Heinemann, S.l., 301-305.

• Joukes, V.; Costa, I. & Pereira, V. (2011), The Borralha mines in Montalegre: a future geotourism attraction, in Rocha, D. and Sá, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Congress of Geotourism - AROUCA 2011.Arouca: AGA and Arouca Municipality, 217-220.

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Key publications (3)• Joukes, V., Lourenço-Gomes, L. & Marta-Costa, A. (Eds.) (2013), Sustainable Medical and Wellness

Destinations: Client-, Result- and Innovation-Focussed Case Studies, UTAD, Vila Real. E-book available at: http://issuu.com/luisgens/docs/print_sustainablemedicalandwellness.

• Morais, D. B., Lee, J., Hou, J.-S., Lin, C.-H., Chick, G., & Yarnal, C. M. (2010), Heritage tourism in Taiwan’s Desinicized nationalism. PASOS: Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural, 8(2), 277-292.

• Pereira, V. (2011), Inventário do Património Religioso no Douro. ed. 1, ISBN: 978-989-20-2352-6. Braga: Turel|TCR – Desenvolvimento e Promoção do Turismo Cultural e Religioso, CRL.

• Pereiro, X. (2009), Turismo cultural: Uma visão antropológica. Tenerife: Pasos. E-book em www.pasosonline.org. ISBN: 978-84-88429-13-1. More than 120.000 downloads.

• Pereiro, X. (2010), Ethnographic Research on Cultural Tourism: An Anthropological View, in Richards, G.; Munsters, W. (coords.): Cultural Tourism Research Methods. London: CABI, 173-187.

• Pereiro, X. (2012), El turismo indígena guna (Panamá): imaginarios y regímenes de mentira de los guías turísticos internacionales. Estudios y Perspectivas del Turismo, volume 21, nº 4 (Julho 2012), 945-961, em http://estudiosenturismo.com.ar/.

• Pereiro, X. (2012), Tourism and indigenous cultures in Latin America, in Smith, M. & Richards, G. (eds.): Handbook on Cultural Tourism. London: Routledge, 145-150.

• Pereiro, X. (2013), Los efectos del turismo en las culturas indígenas de América Latina, Revista Española de Antropología Americana vol. 43, nº 1, 155-174.

• Pereiro, X. & Prado, S. (2013), Crosscultural perceptions between rural and urban in Galicia, in Silva, L. & Figueiredo, E. (eds.): Shaping Rural Futures. From Perceptions to Outcomes. Dordrecht: Springer, 227-245.

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Key publications (4)• Pereiro, X. & Vilar, M. (2008), Ethnographic Museums and essentialist representations of Galician identity.

International Journal of Iberian Studies, vol. 21, nº 2, 87-108.• Pereiro, X.; Ventocilla, J.; Martínez, M.; De León, C.; Del Valle, Y. (2012), Los turistores kunas. Antropología

del turismo étnico en Panamá. Palma de Mallorca: Universitat de las Illes Balears (livro-cd), Awarded with Gabriel Escarrer-Sol Meliá Award 2012.

• Richards, G.; Pereiro, X. (eds.) (2007), Cultural Tourism. Negociating Identities. Vila Real: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

• Wang, Y, & Morais, D. B. (2014), Self-representations of the matriarchal other. Annals of Tourism Research, 44, 74-87.

• Wang, Y., & Morais, D. (2012). State representations of the Other: The case of China’s matriarchy. Tourism Review International, 16(1), 15-28.

• Wang, Y., Morais, D. B., & Buzinde, C. (2009). American media representations of China’s traditions and modernity. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 9(3), 125-136.

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2014-15: forthcoming publications• Cardoso, M., Silva, G. & Fernandes, C. (20159, The perception of traditional gastronomy festivals by experience

seeking visitors, in P. Russo & G. Richards (eds.) Event Design (Routledge). • Fernandes, C. & Carrança. P. (2015), Gastronomia como factor de atracção turística no Minho, in Marques, L.,

Souza, A., Barbosa, Mª de L. & Toscano F. (eds.) Viagens de Saberes e Sabores: Gastronomia, Cultura e Turismo, Brasil.

• Fernandes, C., Coelho, J. & Brázio, M. (2015), Revisiting religious tourism in Northern Portugal, in R. Raj and K. Griffin (eds.) Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective - 2nd Edition, CABI, UK.

• Gonçalves, E. & Maduro, A. (2015), Complementarity and interaction of a wine excellence tourist destination: the Douro Valley (Portugal), in Álvarez Garcia J. (ed.), Wine Tourism, Springer.

• Gonçalves, E. (2014), Governance & Tourism: the State of the Art, in Santana, A., Gonçalves, E. & Pereiro, X. (eds.) Governance &Tourism, PASOS Edita and ISMAI.

• Joukes, V. & Costa, I. (2014), Eurocity Chaves-Verín: regional development strengthened by spa-linked research and professional education, in M. Peris-Ortiz & J. Álvarez García (eds.) Health and Wellness Tourism - Emergence of a New Market Segment. S.l.: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-11490-3. E-Book & Hardcover.

• Pereiro, X. (2014), Anthropological research on the impacts of indigenous tourism, in Munsters, W. (ed.): Anthropological perspectives on tourism research. Maastricht: Zuyd University.

• Pereiro, X. (2014), Tourism images and narratives of identification between the north of Portugal and Galiza (Spain) in tourism promotional literature, in Lois González, R. et al. (eds.): New tourism in the 21st century: culture, the city, nature and spirituality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Rafael Machado, R., Fernandes, C. & Queiroz, J.P. (2015), Exploring Biennial concept to promote new relations in art, culture and alternative tourism, in L. Marques and G. Richards (Eds.) Alternative and Creative Tourism, ATLAS.

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The PASOS journaljointly managed by ISMAI/CETRAD and the University of La Laguna, Tenerife

www.pasosonline.org

INDEX YEAR VALUE

In-Recs 2011 0.211

DICE 2012 C

ANEP 2013 A

MIAR 2014 4,041

G-INDEX 2012 13

H-INDEX 2012 10

H-INDEX 2008-12 11

CAPES QUALIS 2013 B1

CIRC 2012 B

COPERNICUS 2012 6.43 32

The PASOS journal

In a recent world evaluation of 59 international journals on tourism and hospitality research, PASOS was included among those deemed to be “reference journals” (see Cheng, C-K.; Li, X.; Patrick, J.F. & O’Leary, J.T. 2011 “An Examination of tourism journal development" in Tourism Management, Nº 32, pp. 53-61.

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Our “Turisteca”

The research group’s audiovisual and documentary archive on tourism

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The Research Group’s Tourism Library and Open Research Space at ISMAI

http://cedtur.ismai.pt/

The Research Group’s editorial platform in ISMAI/Maia has already earned a reputation due its very strong performance in national and international publications:

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Some future projects • Tourism in the Lower Sabor River Valley

(supported by the main private sector power provider, EDP – Eletricidade de Portugal)

• Governance and tourism on the Portugal – Galiza border

• Tourism on the Portuguese pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela

• The Pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Agony (Viana do Castelo) – a market study of participants’ motivation and consumption (Pilot Study 2014)

• “Visitor Centres in the valorisation of national tourism: a study of ancient and modern shipwrecks in the coastal waters of the Northern Nature Park, Esposende, Portugal”.

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Obrigado pela vossa atenção!

Thanks for your attention!

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