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    Heritage tourism in peripheral areas: Development strategies and constraints

    TitleHeritage tourism in peripheral areas: Development strategies and constraints
    Publication TypePapers in International Journals
    Year of Publication2012
    AuthorsFonseca F., and Ramos R. A. R.
    Abstract

     

    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 territories.

    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 from municipal 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.

    JournalTourism Geographies
    Volume14
    Issue3
    Pagination467-493
    Date Published2012-08-01
    PublisherRoutledge
    ISSN1470-1340; 1461-6688
    DOI10.1080/14616688.2011.610147
    URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2011.610147
    KeywordsAlmeida, Governance, Heritage tourism, Peripheral territories, Portugal, Rural areas
    RightsopenAccess
    Peer reviewedyes
    Statuspublished
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