Essential component of the tourism system, created by the it, which, due to its authenticity, uniqueness and notoriety, motivates the movement of tourists. They are points (a lighthouse, a museum), lines (coastline) or areas (a fort, a beach); natural, cultural, historical, artificial, material and immaterial; are isolated, dispersed or forming clusters; presuppose a management.
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Sea Tourism Heritage in Portuguese Coastal Territory
Norberto Santos (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), Claudete Oliveira Moreira (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), Rui Ferreira (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), and Luís Silveira (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 29
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1522-8.ch004
Abstract
Portugal has 1,860 km of coastline and therefore has always had a strong element of value and cultural expression in the sea. This chapter presents a study that gives meaning to key cultural elements in Portuguese sun-and-sea destinations, integrating their heritage value and intangible cultural significance. Authors show how two large groups of heritage elements associated with the sea can be integrated into forms of visitation and leisure (lighthouses, forts and coastal garrisons). These heritage elements increasingly integrate tourism, diversifying and valuing it. Adding to these elements of material heritage, it is also important to refer to elements of intangible expression that are a reference for the life of the populations connected to the sea. Particular attention will be paid to the Xávega Art, and to the Rendas de Bilros handicraft, considering their inventory and safeguard.