Heritages, Tourism Territories, and Sustainability

Recommended Prerequisites

General and/or specific knowledge on tourism and tourist destinations, heritages and their history, and territorial sustainability.

Teaching Methods

Seminars featuring an active and theoretical discussion of the subjects, complemented by the analysis of practical examples and the use of texts, maps, and other materials, in addition to the research and presentation of practical subjects by students. Possibility of organising field trips.

Learning Outcomes

The goal of this unit is to carry out a critical and spatial discussion on how the organisation of tourism and tourist destinations becomes a key element in local and regional development, assuming this organisation is associated to purposes of territorial sustainability. Moreover, the history of locations and their associated heritages are thought to play an important role in the tourist appeal of locations, which is why they are both assigned a leading role as they help build an authentic territorial identity and shape tourism landscapes. This unit also analyses the political, ideological, and ethical dimensions presented by these strategies according to the different cases and circumstances.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Heritage

1.1 Historic evolution, conceptualisation, and economic valorisation

1.2 Evolutionary trends (safeguard, valorisation, and interpretation)

2. Gentrification, touristification and overtourism.

2.1. Cultural heritage in the development of tourist cultural products: the case of routes and itineraries

2.2. World Heritage Sites, sutainability and culture.

3. Tourism: the new paradigms (supply, demand, destinations, sustainability)

4. Heritage and tourism in the strategic and competitive affirmation of destinations

4.1 Innovative policies and initiatives

4.2 New territorial and institutional configurations

4.3 Sustainable management.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

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Choay, F (2000). A alegoria do património. Lisboa: Edições 70

Gravari-Barbas, M (2020) A Research Agenda for Heritage Tourism. Cheltenham: EE

Font, X, & McCabe, S (2018) Marketing for sustainable tourism. London: Routledge

Girard, L, & Nijkamp, P (2009) Cultural tourism and sustainable local development. London: Routledge

Ratten, V (2022) World Heritage Sites in Portugal and Spain, Springer Nature, 115 – 121

Calvo, J & Español, D (2021). Recreación histórica y didáctica del patrimonio. Gijón, Tréa

Hall, C M, & Williams, A (2008). Tourism and innovation. London: Routledge

Brooks C, Waterton E, Saul H, Renzaho A (2023) Exploring the relationships between heritage tourism, sustainable community development … PLoS ONE 18(3): e0282319

Logan, W,  Craith, M, & Kockel, U (2015). A companion to heritage studies. Chichester: W&S

Richards, G, & Wilson, J (2007).Tourism, creativity and Development. London: Routledge.