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Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage: The Case of Tourists Visiting the Algarve (Portugal)

Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage: The Case of Tourists Visiting the Algarve (Portugal)

Claudia Helena Henriques, Isabel Teotónio
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799831563|ISBN10: 1799831566|EISBN13: 9781799831570
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch012
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Henriques, Claudia Helena, and Isabel Teotónio. "Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage: The Case of Tourists Visiting the Algarve (Portugal)." Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations, edited by Patrícia Pinto and Manuela Guerreiro, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 249-268. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch012

APA

Henriques, C. H. & Teotónio, I. (2020). Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage: The Case of Tourists Visiting the Algarve (Portugal). In P. Pinto & M. Guerreiro (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations (pp. 249-268). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch012

Chicago

Henriques, Claudia Helena, and Isabel Teotónio. "Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage: The Case of Tourists Visiting the Algarve (Portugal)." In Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations, edited by Patrícia Pinto and Manuela Guerreiro, 249-268. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3156-3.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of cultural tourism and namely of tourists' awareness of Portuguese World Heritage (WH). In accordance, firstly, there is the discussion of a theoretical framework associated to a cultural role and cultural identity in the sustainable development of tourism is presented. Secondly, it follows a case study approach based on the evaluation of Algarvian tourists' awareness of Portuguese WH. A questionnaire was applied in the Algarve region with the aim to determine the importance of cultural motivation and the level of knowledge regarding Portuguese culture by tourists. The results of this exploratory analysis underline the growing importance of cultural motivation and the recognition of culture's importance in the sustainable development of destinations. However, it also shows the low level of cultural motivation by Algarvian tourists as well as the low level of Portuguese WH knowledge, namely by foreign tourists. Nationality, age, academic background are key variables in tourism knowledge about Portuguese culture.

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