Enquadramento das políticas públicas de turismo na região do Douro português: um primeiro passo para compreender a governação turística da região do Douro
Enquadramento das políticas públicas de turismo na região do Douro português: um primeiro passo para compreender a governação turística da região do Douro
Periódico: Tourism and Hospitality International Journal
Fonte: Tourism and Hospitality International Journal ; Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018): March 2018 [19th Edition]; 55-75
Palavras-chave:
Resumo: As a member state of the European Union (EU) that sought to converge to the macroeconomic and social development standards of the member states, Portugal took advantage of the existing EU funding and guidelines to improve its tourism infrastructure and service quality. At the time of Portugal's entry into the EU a movement of reflection and reform of the development models led to the proposal of alternatives such as sustainable development, local development, territorial/sectorial governance, which took into account the importance the communities’ role recognizing and the specificities of each territory. In the context of a larger investigation on the tourism governance in the Douro region, this paper describes and analyses the recent evolution of the Portuguese tourism policy, specifically in the Douro Region, and reflects on the role of the public bodies (national, regional and local) involved. At this public level, we conclude that tourism planning in Portugal, namely in the North, is shifting from a strict vertical governing model to another which calls in for some contributions from a down-top perspective. However, and unexpectantly the Douro’s Intermunicipal Territorial Community, at the regional level, seems to have a very restricted role. The investigation methodology was based on the analysis of strategic plans and documents directly related with tourism activity enhancing the role of the public stakeholders with major influence in the tourism development panorama.
