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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 that the social interaction has a significant impact on the resident's perceptions of the impacts of tourism on their QOL. However, this impact differs according to the domain of the QOL. Moreover, satisfaction with interaction positively influences all domains of QOL and is the construct with the second greatest total effect on the impacts of tourism on residents' overall QOL. The results highlight the relevance of stimulating a satisfying social interaction between residents and visitors in order to increase the impacts of tourism on residents' QOL. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are stated based on the results.

O objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar como os docentes da área de Ciências Naturais concebem o conceito de interdisciplinaridade e de que forma desenvolveriam um trabalho interdisciplinar a partir de um tema comum sugerido: o Efeito Estufa. Através de questionários dissertativos, os professores-alunos participantes de um projeto de formação em serviço (Pró-Ciências), expressaram suas concepções iniciais a respeito do tema. A análise das respostas obtidas levou-nos às seguintes conclusões: os professores entrevistados têm apenas concepções rudimentares de interdisciplinaridade e confundem este conceito com o de multidisciplinaridade. Afirmam que é possível trabalhar o conceito de Efeito Estufa de maneira interdisciplinar, mas não indicam metodologias adequadas para fazê-lo, devido à carência conceitual apontada anteriormente.

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Tourism implies movement. This study tests the effect of past experience on tourists’ spatiotemporal behaviour in the context of urban multi-attraction visitation. Differences between first-time and repeat visitors are examined using global positioning systems technology and a post-visit survey of tourists staying at 10 different hotels in Lisbon. The impact of prior destination experience is assessed regarding intra-destination movements as well as multi-attraction visitation patterns, within a systematic framework in order to assess tourists’ intra-destination spatiotemporal behaviour. Hypothesis testing confirmed destination familiarity as an influential factor of urban tourists’ behaviour in space and time.