Periódico: Journal of Tourism and Heritage Research
Fonte: Journal of Tourism and Heritage Research; Vol 4 No 3 (2021): Journal of Tourism and Heritage Research; 159-168
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Gastronomic tourism has mobilized a considerable number of tourists who travel to experience the gastronomic heritage of a given territory. It is understood that Portugal is a destination with great potential for this type of tourism due to the relevance of its gastronomic heritage, the associated cultural resources and as a tourism attraction.
The objective of this work is to bring into consideration two lines of reflection: a) to understand whether the tourism practices of visiting the territory(s) are influenced by gastronomy, and b) to understand whether, in the logic of tourist motivation, tourists face the gastronomy as the possibility of getting to know better the heritage resources of a place.
To obtain the results of this study, a questionnaire survey was developed using a mixed analysis technique obtained through the Google® software. The present work focuses on Mealhada, a Portuguese city in the district of Aveiro (Portugal), that has highlighted his importance has a tourism destination through the promotion and strengthening of the gastronomic heritage.
