Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies
Empirical evidence shows that tourism can give a real contribution to regional development and, in the case of certain remote and economic lagged territories, it is one of the best sectors to achieve this goal. This role of tourism as to do, namely, with the possibility of taking profit from the en...
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Empirical evidence shows that tourism can give a real contribution to regional development and, in the case of certain remote and economic lagged territories, it is one of the best sectors to achieve this goal. This role of tourism as to do, namely, with the possibility of taking profit from the endogenous resources endowment of these territories. Meanwhile, the opportunities are not the same for each region and it is easy to understand that, considering the resources available, not every one has the choice to base its development strategy in the tourism sector. On the other hand, sustainable development depends, both, on conservation and valorisation of the resources potential and on diversification of tourism activi- ties and products, no matter the agents or policy options are. Based on empirical research carried out in Caminha and Paredes de Coura portuguese municipalities, and in what Tourism in Rural Areas (TRA) is concerned, we present in this paper a preliminary evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the tourism strategies followed. We also aim to extract some policy implications in order to better design future approaches to this issue of taking profit from resources endowment of territories. The starting point is the one of tourism based on quality, which serves the interests of local populations.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ff57042a1f34781a66692d9fccee7292022-12-21T22:49:56ZengInstituto de Investigación Social y TurismoPASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural1695-71212007-04-015210.25145/j.pasos.2007.05.015Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studiesLaurentina Cruz VareiroJ. Cadima Ribeiro Empirical evidence shows that tourism can give a real contribution to regional development and, in the case of certain remote and economic lagged territories, it is one of the best sectors to achieve this goal. This role of tourism as to do, namely, with the possibility of taking profit from the endogenous resources endowment of these territories. Meanwhile, the opportunities are not the same for each region and it is easy to understand that, considering the resources available, not every one has the choice to base its development strategy in the tourism sector. On the other hand, sustainable development depends, both, on conservation and valorisation of the resources potential and on diversification of tourism activi- ties and products, no matter the agents or policy options are. Based on empirical research carried out in Caminha and Paredes de Coura portuguese municipalities, and in what Tourism in Rural Areas (TRA) is concerned, we present in this paper a preliminary evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the tourism strategies followed. We also aim to extract some policy implications in order to better design future approaches to this issue of taking profit from resources endowment of territories. The starting point is the one of tourism based on quality, which serves the interests of local populations. http://ojsull.webs.ull.es/index.php/Revista/article/view/2614Endogenous resourcesSustainable developmentTourism in rural areas |
| spellingShingle | Laurentina Cruz Vareiro J. Cadima Ribeiro Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural Endogenous resources Sustainable development Tourism in rural areas |
| title | Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies |
| title_full | Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies |
| title_short | Sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas: two portuguese case studies |
| title_sort | sustainable use of endogenous touristic resources of rural areas two portuguese case studies |
| topic | Endogenous resources Sustainable development Tourism in rural areas |
| url | http://ojsull.webs.ull.es/index.php/Revista/article/view/2614 |
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