Maria João Carneiro

University of Aveiro | UA · Division of Management

Although access to leisure is a right for all, people with disabilities (PwD) face great constraints in exercising this right. Using a qualitative approach, this study examines the view of a group of Portuguese social organizations (PSO) that support PwD concerning the needs, motivations and constraints that they face when participating in tourism...

Purpose Wine tourism has been growing considerably over the past decades. The literature highlights its relevance in the social, economic and cultural development of the regions where wine routes are located. However, few studies examine residents’ tourism impact perceptions and even fewer analyse the diversity of these perceptions. This study aims...

The awareness that museums must be inclusive and participatory led to practices adapted to visitors’ requirements and co-creative experiences, encouraging interaction with exhibitions, and thus fostering memorable experiences. Yet, constraints remain for people with disabilities, reducing their satisfaction and desire to return. Despite the high nu...

The T&H industry has become a growing career choice, hence drawing great attention to the role of Higher Education in meeting the needs of both the industry and the graduates. This study seeks to portray the views of highly qualified individuals, Tourism and Hospitality graduates and prospective graduates, on the process of education-to-work transi...

Assessing tourism destination attractiveness is a dynamic procedure influenced by constantly changing factors. Despite the existence of various studies on destination attractiveness, less attention has been devoted to measuring the relevance of air quality. The growing concerns related to the impacts of air pollution worldwide, make it imperative t...

The sport of surfing is gaining increasing importance in the context of tourism. Surf tourism has emerged as one promising product of certain regions worldwide. Surfing, as a sport and as a lifestyle, has been grounded in surf culture, which is recognized as a potential attraction factor for certain surf destinations. Although previous research has...

Trata-se de um livro que resume dados recolhidos no âmbito do projeto Twine- Co-creating sustainable Tourism & WINe Experiences in rural areas O projeto analisou a natureza da experiência turística cocriada por visitantes, agentes da oferta e residentes locais, em destinos enoturísticos rurais, organizados por rotas, bem como os condicionantes dest...

Environmental sustainability is an increasing concern in the present era, particularly in the tourism field, which is known as an industry with severe environmental impacts. Thus, raising awareness concerning the importance of adopting pro-environmental behaviors is mandatory to achieve truly sustainable development of the tourism sector. This stud...

Rural Tourism became a worldwide and growing activity during the late 1970s and early 1980s [...]

The International TWINE Conference - Co-creating sustainable rural tourism experiences with food & wine, local culture, landscapes, and people, will take place online on the 24th and 25th of February 2022 and it is organized in 2 plenary sessions, 1 round table and 19 parallel sessions. Main topics approached were: a) Understanding food & wine tour...

Destination Management Systems (DMSs) have proven relevant to destination competitiveness, namely to attract visitors and foster coordination of destination-based stakeholders. Previous research suggests that one reason explaining the success of DMSs is the ability to engage destination-based players in adopting these systems and in using its funct...

The present study intends to explore the relationship between tourism growth and air pollution at a regional level for five important tourism European destinations: France, Spain, Greece, Portugal, and Italy. Most of the studies found in the literature examine this relationship on a national scale and focus only on the CO2 pollutant, which is a gre...

This chapter aims to fill the knowledge gap regarding the relationship between tourism and air quality, specifically in the Portuguese tourism industry, with a focus on tourist nationality. It examines whether this relationship differs according to tourist origin. This study uses an air pollutant, PM10, with a strong impact on human health that has...

Wine tourism is increasingly identified as an interesting tool for diversifying tourism destinations and attracting tourists to rural areas that otherwise lack tourism appeal. It is also recognized as a catalyst of sustainable rural development, stimulating local economy through both tourism and wine sales, by preserving tradition and local identit...

The literature increasingly recognises the value of food and wine tourism for destinations’ competitiveness. Given the scarcity of conceptual and empirical studies on co-creation within this field of special interest tourism, this paper aims to enhance the understanding of how visitors and supply agents co-create value in food and wine experiences,...

Although leisure and tourism are recognised as rights for all people, many people with special needs (PwSN) still have very limited opportunities for participating in these activities. Social organisations (SO) are potential mediators between the tourism industry and this market, especially for reducing barriers to participation. However, there is...

This paper addresses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on wine route related rural tourism along two Portuguese wine routes, as perceived by agents of supply on those routes. Discourses from 47 interviews are subjected to content analysis, considering impact perception and crisis management approaches. The results highlight COVID-19’s impacts on...

Air quality is a topic with growing interest within the tourism industry, especially for destinations with a high volume of tourism. Several implications on tourism demand are already recognised, such as influence on health and well-being, travel behaviour and trip satisfaction. However, there is a knowledge gap concerning its influence on tourism...

O turismo de experiências tem contribuído para uma mudança de paradigma da oferta turística, introduzindo, como fator diferenciador, maior interação e envolvimento com os recursos locais e identitários e a facilitação de experiências memoráveis e imersivas no destino, elementos-chave no domínio da co-criação. Por sua vez, o aumento de visitantes qu...

Despite the growing influence of air pollution on people’s behaviour, little attention has been given to visitors’ behavioural intentions towards air pollution episodes. Understanding visitors’ behaviours is crucial in developing effective marketing strategies and preventing damaging consequences for both visitors and destinations. This paper prese...

Tem-se verificado um crescente interesse pela experiência turística e pelo potencial do enoturismo em áreas rurais. No entanto, a experiência turística é um construto complexo, difícil de avaliar, que pode variar muito de acordo com os produtos turísticos em análise, sendo muitas vezes difícil de compreender como podem ser fornecidas experiências t...

Travel has become a synonym of living memorable and enjoyable experiences. Co-creation centralizes tourists’ role in the creation of value that results from the interaction with other destination stakeholders and the physical environment. Within the wider destination experience, the growing interest tourists show regarding the food and wine experie...

The pandemic caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (associated to the disease named COVID-19) is having a global impact that affects health, the economy and the environment. These impacts are negative in most of the sectors but benefits also occurred in specific fields. Tourism was one of the most negatively affected economic sectors, and in terms of be...

The world wine industry has been consensually understood according to the dichotomy “Old World” versus “New World”. This distinction tends to be reflected in the wine tourism that is practiced there, with “Old World” wine tourism more centered on wine, tasting and buying/selling wine, while “New World” wine tourism tends to be more comprehensive in...

Wine tourism corresponds not only to a form of tourism but also to a place marketing opportunity for destinations. Hence, managers and scholars have been trying to understand wine tourism to attract visitors and promote socioeconomic benefits. Although families with children are not commonly considered as typical wine tourists, they have been menti...

Air quality (AQ) is gaining considerable visibility within the tourism sector. However, despite several studies analysing the impact of tourism activities on the AQ of destinations, little is known about the inverse relation. This paper analyses the role of AQ on travel planning and the factors influencing it, specifically the influence of environm...

Focusing on an Intensive Study Program (ISP) within the scope ‘E-CUL-TOURS’, an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership involving Higher Education Institutions, external consultants and the European Projects Association, this paper describes the teaching and learning strategies and activities developed in order to improve cultural heritage management traini...

Museums are important cultural places where technology, and specifically assistive technology, offers a prime opportunity for people with visual impairments to access the exhibition and the space. People with visual impairments represent a large group of the population but still experience several constraints during their museum visits. Nevertheles...

This chapter aims to examine internet usage to plan a tourism trip by people with special needs (PwSN), particularly addressing differences in the intensity of internet usage according to their age and education level. To achieve these aims, a survey was applied to a sample of Portuguese people with special needs who have already undertaken tourism...

This chapter examines the website accessibility of museums located in Portugal (N = 575), based on the web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0), and on the three type of conformance levels (A, AA, and AAA), using two web diagnostic tools: AccessMonitor and TAW (Test de Accessibilidad Web). The results show that the average accessibility of m...

This book analyses social tourism across the world, exploring the theoretical foundations of this type of tourism with examples of practical implementations. Part II is composed of case studies discussing the historical evolution of the concept and implementation of social tourism in different parts of the world. This discussion also results in the...

A multiplicity of online information sources are used to plan, book, evaluate and share tourism experiences. However, a limited number of studies examine the online information sources used by the accessible tourism market. To extend knowledge in this field the present study analyses the heterogeneity in the Portuguese accessible tourism market reg...

Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) have been taking advantage of technologies in order to manage destinations in a more successful way. Previous research on tourism destination online platforms has proclaimed Destination Management Systems (DMSs) as their most advanced version, mostly by giving visitors the ability to accomplish most of th...

Museums play a major role as tourism attractions worldwide. Nevertheless, and despite the increasing awareness of the need to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in tourism, museum websites are still identified by this group as a major constraint for visiting and having pleasurable experiences in museums. Despite the existence of con...

Rural territories may benefit from the entrepreneurial dynamics created by small tourism businesses, especially if associated to lifestyle motivations of respective entrepreneurs. Despite distrust amongst some researchers regarding small tourism businesses' contribution to rural economies, their potential role for enhancing rural development, shoul...

Place attachment may be a relevant outcome of place experiences, connected to positive emotions felt at rural destinations. Especially for rural areas, where a loyal client base is often crucial for the survival of small businesses, such sustainability-enhancing place attachment is most valuable. Recently, researchers' attention has focused on the...

This study aims to understand the impact of air quality on the demand of tourism destinations and the impact that tourism may have on the air quality of a specific destination. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments were used as a proxy of tourism demand in each location, while PM10 concentrations were a proxy of air quality. Data for...

Purpose Destination management organizations perform a very important role regarding the management of tourism destinations. Destination management systems are a key technological infrastructure for these organizations. However, in the literature, it is not clear what are the factors that promote the implementation of these systems, neither what ar...

A indústria mundial vinícola tem vindo a ser consensualmente analisada considerando a dicotomia “Velho Mundo” versus “Novo Mundo”. No primeiro caso, consideram-se os países de onde a produção vinícola é originária, tais como França, Itália, Espanha, Portugal, Grécia, Áustria, Hungria e Alemanha, entre outros. O segundo caso refere-se a países que i...

Purpose Tourism may have important positive and negative economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts. However, cultural and natural resources are also the base to the development of competitive destinations and changes in these resources can have an important impact on tourism development. Despite the considerable literature regarding the im...

Architectural heritage has great potential to motivate visits to some tourism destinations. The literature suggests that interpretation may contribute to expanding knowledge of cultural heritage and positively influence the formation of the cognitive image of this heritage. However, empirical evidence on the influence of interpretation of architect...

Although families with children are not commonly considered as typical wine tourists, they have been mentioned as a potential market for wine destinations. Nevertheless, there is scarce research on the relevance of this market in wine destinations and on its characteristics. This exploratory study discusses the potential of this segment as a market...

The fast development in information and communication technologies transformed the tourism sector, raising relevant questions regarding the role of destination management organizations (DMOs) and the most appropriate way to implement and manage online platforms adopted by these organizations – destination management systems (DMSs). Nevertheless, th...

This paper aims to analyse the factors influencing the impact of tourism trips on young visitors’ happiness using the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI). Multivariate regression analyses were performed to analyse the influence of various factors on the impact of tourism on happiness. The results reveal that tourism has great potential to improve youn...

No âmbito da visita da FCT em 2019 destinada à avaliação da Unidade de Investigação em Governança, Competitividade e Políticas Públicas (GOVCOPP)

Tourism has a great potential for enhancing residents’ quality of life (QOL). Nevertheless, a limited number of studies have been carried out in this field. In order to overcome this gap this chapter aims to analyse the heterogeneity of residents of tourism destinations regarding perceptions of tourism impacts on several dimensions of their QOL. A...

The supply of enriching tourism experiences is a crucial factor for the competitiveness of tourism destinations. Satisfying encounters among visitors and between hosts and visitors can have an important role creating rewarding and memorable tourism experiences. The youth tourism market is a very important tourism segment that is in the beginning of...

Rural tourism may contribute to sustainable destination development but the realisation of this potential depends largely on the type and behaviour of the tourists attracted. Therefore, market knowledge, segmentation studies and management of demand, in accordance with sustainability-yielding territorial development goals, are needed. The present s...

A valorização do património edificado para fins turísticos revela-se fundamental para dinamizar a oferta turística em regiões periféricas. O Turismo em Espaço Rural (TER) surge como um produto alternativo às formas modernas do turismo mais massificado, em casas cuja traça arquitetónica apresenta uma referência importante ao património identitário d...

Tourism is considered a potential tool for developing rural territories which are increasingly affected by loss of economic opportunities and, consequently, some social problems such as depopulation and population ageing. Rural tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs are tourism business owners actively seeking a different lifestyle in rural territories.

This article develops and tests a structural model that illustrates relationships between host–tourist interaction (intensity and satisfaction) and tourism impacts on residents’ Quality of Life (QOL). The model is tested using a survey of residents of two coastal tourism destinations located in the Central Region of Portugal. The results reveal tha...

Rural tourism is driven by the search for unique and memorable experiences in particular settings, but knowledge on visitors’ experiences in rural destinations is still scarce. This paper analyzes the rural tourism experience of Portuguese tourists who answered an online survey (N = 252). The paper aims at validating, in the rural tourism context,...

As a result of a well-debated set of transformations, rural areas are increasingly perceived as consumption rather than productive places, mainly associated to leisure and tourism. This paper aims to analyse the heterogeneity of domestic tourism consumption of rural areas. Based on a cluster analysis derived from a sample of the Portuguese populati...

Tourism is a relevant economic activity to promote the economic development of island destinations. This paper aims to segment the international market of Santiago Island in Cape Verde, based on tourism expenditures (accommodation, food and beverages, and transport). A total of 330 international tourists were interviewed. A hierarchical cluster ana...

O turismo rural tem suscitado muito interesse, devido ao seu potencial contributo para o desenvolvimento sustentável dos territórios em que ocorre. A experiência em turismo rural é bastante complexa, integradora de recursos, atrações, serviços, pessoas e ambientes, sendo vivida de modo grandemente subjetivo. Do ponto de vista do turista, esta exper...

Rural tourism is not very new in many parts of the world, but it has recently received increasing attention from researchers, politicians and managers alike. This is mostly due to new market trends, the growing recognition of the “rural crisis” and of the urge to solve it, as well as the belief in the potential of tourism as a development tool for...

http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/iXW7CxMZYbTWap7eUCvq/full There is increasing awareness of the importance of sustainability in sports tourism. Research in this field is nevertheless still limited and is mostly confined to specific areas such as mega-events. The adoption of sustainable management practices by companies offering sports tourism prod...

Rural tourism is frequently considered a development tool for rural areas. In particular, demand for local products may stimulate local economy and is simultaneously an important part of the tourist experience. Little is known, however, of the role of local product purchase within and as a result of the rural tourist experience. The present article...

In a scenario of growing competition, destinations must strive not only through tangible features but also through the creation of memorable emotions. Despite the high potential of re-enactment events for creating emotions and the great importance of segmentation to ensure the satisfaction of distinct segments of visitors, emotion-based segmentatio...

People who have visual impairments exceed 250 million persons worldwide and represent an important cohort of museum visitors. However, they experience many constraints to participation in daily life. Few studies analyse the accessibility of museums to visitors with visual impairments, and many are confined to a single museum and to a small set of s...

long with the well-documented transformations of rural areas in the last few decades, the social views, representations and ways of describing rurality in western societies have also changed. From such transformations, a threefold narrative on the rural seemed to emerge in lay discourses: a ‘pre-modernity’ or ‘rural crisis’ discourse; a productivis...

This paper suggests a framework for assessing the economic relevance of social tourism programmes for tourism destinations, based on two simultaneous approaches: an analysis of the stakeholders’ perceptions of the economic impacts and a quantitative assessment of the impacts on the national economy. This framework was applied to a Portuguese social...

The current study aims to develop a model in the scope of youth tourism that illustrates structural relationships among the following constructs: 1) frequency of participation in several tourism activities; 2) frequency of social interaction with residents; 3) perception of tourism impacts on several domains of quality of life (QOL); 4) perception...

The senior market has gained increasing interest from the tourism industry, mainly because of its considerable size and time flexibility. However, seniors are also a group facing many constraints to participating in tourism, which has led some countries to promote social tourism programmes for this market. However, little is known about the success...

Full text: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HM4QEt48PBTBi9fr6fPR/full Abstract: Rural tourism is an important development strategy for some rural areas. Landscape is central to the visitor's tourism experience. While the literature suggests that some rural landscape features are likely to attract visitors, research on the impact of landscape on t...

Tourism is a social phenomenon and host–guest interaction has been identified as particularly relevant in the rural tourism experience. This paper extends previous research on social interaction, rural tourism and experience marketing, by analysing, via visitor survey (N = 819), the contacts that visitors of three Portuguese villages establish with...

Food is a relevant part of the culture and identity of a territory, reflecting both material and immaterial aspects such as the biophysical conditions, local environment and natural resources, main agricultural productions, activities and traditions, as well as specific know-how and visions of the world local populations have developed during centu...

As a result of a long-term set of transformations, rural areas in many European countries are increasingly being perceived as places for tourism and leisure consumption related activities, mainly by urban dwellers. In Portugal, the urban consumption of the countryside is mainly oriented to remote rural areas, i.e., those neglected by the socioecono...

Along with the well-documented transformations of rural areas in the last few decades, the social views, representations and ways of describing rurality had also changed in western societies. A threefold narrative on the rural seemed to emerge from such transformations: a pre-modernity or rural crisis discourse; a productivist perspective and a rur...

Os Planos Nacionais de Turismo (PNT) constituem documentos importantes para uma melhor compreensão das representações e dos significados sociais do rural e do turismo rural em Portugal. O presente artigo, procurando debater estas questões, tem por base a análise de conteúdo detalhada dos PNT ao longo dos últimos 30 anos, designadamente, os PNT dos...

The tourism industry is known to have an extensive use of the Internet, both on the supply and on the demand side. The steady and fast emergence of the Internet has dramatically changed the business processes within the sector, forcing suppliers and intermediaries to adapt to a scenario in which visitors have multiple and more flexible choices rega...

This paper analyses the relationship between host-tourist interactions and residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts on their QOL. A survey of residents in two Portuguese beach communities was conducted. Two PCAs were used to identify dimensions of host-tourist interaction and QOL domains. Furthermore, an importance-perceived impact analysis and Pa...

Successful DMS development requires a systematic approach to understand key factors supporting its management and implementation from both business and technical perspectives (Wang, 2008). However, previous research has focused on narrow technological issues and often explains DMS failure based on the poor eReadiness of business suppliers or DMOs (...

This paper analyses the relationship between host-tourist interactions and residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts on their QOL. A survey of residents in two Portuguese beach communities was conducted. Two PCAs were used to identify dimensions of host-tourist interaction and QOL domains. Furthermore, an importance-perceived impact analysis and Pa...

The youth tourism market has already taken on high relevance, due to its considerable size, its rising trend, resilience and likelihood to explore new destinations. Although this market is highly active during tourism trips, some heterogeneity is noted regarding the kind of tourism activities carried out. However, the research on youth visitors' se...

The tourism industry is known to have an extensive use of the Internet, both on the supply and on the demand side. The steady and fast emergence of the Internet has dramatically changed the business processes within the sector, forcing suppliers and intermediaries to adapt to a scenario in which visitors have multiple and more flexible choices rega...

Despite the importance of the youth tourism market to the tourism industry, research on the impact of tourism on quality of life (QOL) of this market and on the factors that influence this impact is still very limited. This article contributes to overcoming the research gap in this field, implementing a segmentation approach based on the impact of...

Rural tourism is frequently considered a development tool for rural areas contributing with an alternative economic activity to combat the agricultural crisis, create jobs and income and stimulate other connected activities. Particularly demand for local products may contribute to stimulating local economy, while simultaneously being an important p...