Opportunities for Slow Tourism in Madeira

Valls, Josep‐Francesc; Mota, Luís; Vieira, Sara; Santos, Rossana

doi:10.3390/su11174534

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“…The last two components (MOT 1 and MOT 4 ) are related to internal aspects of visitors (push motivation) [68,70] and could be associated with slow tourism. Slow tourism is an alternative form of tourism and, according to [85] (p. 1), focuses "on local contact and nearby sights, consumption of local products and heritage, use of clean energy, ecological and ethical vision, and preserving the quality of life of residents and tourists alike".…”

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Length of Stay and Sustainability: Evidence from the Schist Villages Network (SVN) in Portugal

2020

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There is evidence that increasing the Length of Stay (LOS) contributes to the sustainability of destinations. This paper analyzes LOS determinants in the Schist Villages Network (SVN) in Portugal, where almost half of the visitors are same-day visitors. Given that these visitors generate more environmental impacts, an increase in LOS would help guide tourism towards more sustainable standards. The analysis was performed using several Heckman selection models. Unlike the findings of previous studies, LOS depended mainly on the characteristics of the trip and the destination—not on visitor profile—and can therefore be considered a highly specific form of tourism. Comparatively, motivations associated with rest, residents’ hospitality, and local produce consumption encourage visitors to extend their stay, thereby boosting tourism sustainability. The SVN is also shown to have various cultural and heritage resources that are currently highly valued. However, the leisure offer is insufficient to increase LOS. Furthermore, conventional advertising was not shown to be effective in raising LOS compared with word-of-mouth (WOM). The paper concludes that measures should be adopted to increase the local produce offer, retain population, maintain traditional village activities, and attract visitors from nearby regions. These actions could increase overnight stays and LOS, contributing to more sustainable development.

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Length of Stay and Sustainability: Evidence from the Schist Villages Network (SVN) in Portugal

2020

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“…L'slow food, reivindica la cultura gastronòmica local, contraposa una visió ètica de la producció i el consum (Valls et al, 2019). Es va entendre com una proposta de creixement organitzat, pausat i sostenible (soft growth) (Timms i Conway, 2012), davant formes superficials o banals de consum en forma de menjar ràpid o de visites programades fetes a correcuita.…”

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“…S'introdueix també la idea de la necessitat de valorar més la qualitat en lloc de la quantitat, oposant-se d'aquesta manera al fet que el desenvolupament d'una destinació es mesuri únicament per l'arribada de turistes (Timms i Conway, 2012), la qual cosa trenca amb el que s'ha considerat fins ara "èxit turístic". Per tant, a priori, l'slow tourism intentaria evitar els impactes negatius del turisme de masses (Timms i Conway, 2012;Donaldson, 2017; Özemir i Çelebi, 2018) i s'articularia com una proposta ètica en el context de les pràctiques turístiques (Calzati i De Salvo, 2018;Valls et al, 2019;Serdane et al, 2020). Aquesta nova manera de viatjar s'alça també de manera privilegiada com una oportunitat per connectar amb la natura i els paisatges rurals (Varley i Sample, 2015) i per revalorar el patrimoni cultural construït sobre aquests territoris (Moscarelli, 2019).…”

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“…En tercer lloc, es valora que sota aquesta forma d'entendre el turisme, el consumidor deixa de ser un element passiu a la cadena i esdevé un "co-creador" del valor social que es genera a partir de l'experiència turística (Calzati i De Salvo, 2018). D'acord amb aquesta forma d'entendre la participació, s'origina una major interacció amb la població local (Özemir i Çelebi, 2018; Shang et al, 2019) i, en conseqüència, el turista experimenta un sentiment de pertinença o vinculació major cap al territori visitat (Shang et al, 2019;Valls et al, 2019). En el cas dels turistes amb interessos gastronòmics, els seus viatges també tenen una funció social molt important, acostumen a viatjar en grup i el moment de l'àpat és una oportunitat per compartir i socialitzar, tant amb els seus companys de viatge com amb la població local.…”

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Slow tourism, una oportunitat per a la transformació del turisme?

Conde¹,

Cañada²

2020

THJ

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This essay-style article, aims to clarify some of the concepts with which the slow movement is expressed in the field of tourism, as well as to introduce some of the debates it has generated: the potentialities of its association with a process of revaluation of local gastronomy, the motivations of the slow tourist and, finally, the opportunities, but also contradictions and limitations of a proposal of this type to transform tourism in an emancipatory sense.

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“…This distinction has come along with other distinctions from European and international institutions. As a result of this growing recognition, among other reasons, Madeira has been a study case and has led to scientific research in the economical field of tourism, with a wide variety of published papers (França, 2010;Valls, Mota, Vieira & Santos, 2019).…”

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Hikes and Levadas in Madeira: Characterizing Visitors and their experience

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Lopes

Noite³

et al. 2020

European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

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Recent research indicates that more and more often tourists use the Madeira Natural Park (MNP) area to develop their physical activity, through mountain hiking and Levada walks. This study aims at identifying tourists’ characteristics and to understand how visitors live their experience. A survey was carried out at the end of two different activities and the sample was divided into two groups (G1: Levada Walks in the Laurissilva; G2: Walks outside the Laurissilva). The data was collected immediately after the activity ended (total: 293; male: 124; female: 169) and people were asked about: 1. Information available at the start of the activity; 2. Interaction and attention demand; 3. Natural area visited. The data indicates that the Madeira tourists have higher education, many are students and teachers, the majority being European. Our tourists are well informed about the natural environment and more than 90% agreed that it was ideal for aesthetic enjoyment and inspiring exploration. Our findings can help the tourist agents to improve their products, encourage the agencies to attract new markets outside Europe and can work as a basis for providing more guidance in the MNP, promoting a higher ‘flow experience’.

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Opportunities for Slow Tourism in Madeira

Cited by 39 publications

References 48 publications

Length of Stay and Sustainability: Evidence from the Schist Villages Network (SVN) in Portugal

Length of Stay and Sustainability: Evidence from the Schist Villages Network (SVN) in Portugal

Slow tourism, una oportunitat per a la transformació del turisme?

Hikes and Levadas in Madeira: Characterizing Visitors and their experience

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