Tourism routes as a tool for the sustainable devolopment of rural areas

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Natália Nunes Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9421
• topic: Tourism routes,; Sustainable development,; Rural tourism,; Rural areas

The depopulation of rural areas on the island of Madeira is a notorious reality, particularly when the most developed cities are increasingly crowded with residents and tourists and the peripheral areas uninhabited. To relieve these masses of tourism and residents of large cities, this research focused on the study of tourist routes as a means of sustainable development of the island's rural areas. The objectives focused on understanding whether tourist routes can contribute to the development of rural areas, be rethought and explored so that more routes are created. Other objectives are to provide governments with the community's point of view to facilitate the exchange of information, encourage partnerships to create more jobs, and clarify future needs regarding investment, maintaining cultural and historical preservation so that the potential for growth in rural areas is recognized. To answer the main question of this investigation: Can tourism routes help the sustainable development in rural areas? qualitative research was developed where the responses of the participants were the added value of the study since the centrality of the analysis was their point of view. Hypotheses were developed that are confirmed in the last chapter and the study presents some recommendations for future research.