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Introduction
Edson Santos is a Ph.D. candidate in Tourism at the Faculty of Economics of University of Algarve, a Research Member at the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs), and an Associate Professor at Faculty of Social Science, Humans, and Arts and at School of Business and Governance of the University of Cape Verde. His line of research covers, tourism policy and management, political and economic development of tourism destinations, resident empowerment
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October 2020 - present
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October 2021 - December 2024
November 2010 - July 2013
November 2006 - July 2010
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The tourism industry in Cape Verde is recognized by the Government as a key strategic sector in the socio-economic development process of the country. Over the course of 12 years (2000–2012), tourism in Cape Verde grew at an average of 17.5 per cent annually. Despite the recognizable contributions, as of 2009, Cape Verde lacked a meaningful destina...
Resumen: Desde que comenzó el siglo XXI, Cabo Verde presenta crecimientos anuales de turistas del 17,5% lo que le ha consolidado como país emergente y estratégico. Debido a ello, el Ministerio de Turismo en 2010, ha tratado de desarrollar estrategias de marketing para el destino. Una revisión crítica y reflexiva a través del análisis DAFO, tanto de...
The present paper attempts to identify the procedures adopted by the Ministry of Tourism of Cape Verde to create Brand Cape Verde in 2010. Bearing in mind that Cape Verde is an emerging tourist destination with great potential and the capability to compete in the international market, Brand Cape Verde resulted in the implementation of a strategy ba...
There are two main approaches to conceive the brand’s visual identity: the conventional and non-conventional communication blocks. according to KREUTZ (2001), the conventional communication block is further divided into the traditional model of Stereotyped Visual Identity and the modern model of Arbitrary Visual Identity, while the non-conventional...
Resident empowerment is an effective tool that contributes to the sustainable development of tourism. However, in many low-income countries, tourism is usually implemented through an imperialist tourism development model, questioning the sector's true intentions for this type of development. Within this backdrop, this study aims to investigate how,...
This study developed a new version of the Resident Empowerment through Tourism Scale - the RETS 2.0 by integrating two new dimensions of empowerment – economic and environmental empowerment – that the original RETS left off. The RETS 2.0 also abbreviates the original RETS to three items per a construct, reducing
response burden, and opening up spac...
This chapter investigates residents’ perception of tourism
development on the small tourist island of Santiago, Cape Verde, during the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it shows how the pandemic situation is affecting residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts, their quality of life, and support for tourism development. Data were...
