Tourism and gastronomic heritage: a case study

  • Eunice R. Lopes Centro de Tecnologia, Restauro e Valorização das Artes, Instituto Politécnico de Tomar
  • João T. Simões Instituto Politécnico de Tomar
  • Carla Rego Instituto Politécnico de Tomar
  • Lígia Mateus Associação de Turismo Militar Português
Keywords: Tourism, cultural heritage, gastronomy, territory(s), cultural tourism, ssustainable development

Abstract

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.

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2021-07-01
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Lopes, E. R., Simões, J. T., Rego, C., & Mateus, L. (2021, July 1). Tourism and gastronomic heritage: a case study. Journal of Tourism and Heritage Research, 4(3), 159-168. Retrieved from http://jthr.es/index.php/journal/article/view/305
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