Tourism development policies of a U.N.E.S.C.O world heritage city: the case of Guimarães (original) (raw)

Tourism is one of the economic activities which gives a larger contribution to the survival and development of many territories, in Europe and all over the world. It profits from the endogenous resources and has become a major brake in the depopulation of some of those places and regions. Tourism is also a way to preserve the cultural heritage. Guimaraes has become a city that has a strong symbolic image associated, constituting an example of urban Portuguese patrimony preservation. It has tried to justify the world heritage certification attributed by the U.N.E.S.C.O. in the year 2001, by increasing the number of infrastructures and implementing a tourism animation programme with a growing level of diversification. This paper aims to produce a short analysis of the tourism strategy followed by the city tourism authorities, addressing the issues of tourism trails and image, visitors profile and cultural dynamics.

Sign up for access to the world's latest research.

checkGet notified about relevant papers

checkSave papers to use in your research

checkJoin the discussion with peers

checkTrack your impact