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Does gender affect visiting a world heritage site?

The city of Guimarães in Portugal is a place of strong symbolic and cultural significance, and the nomination of its historical center as a World Heritage Site in 2001 enhanced its tourism potential. This study presents the results of a survey conducted in 2010 and 2011 to capture the profile and motivations of tourists visiting Guimarães as a cultural tourism destination. The study addressed two main issues: w...

Perceptions of residents of hosting the “Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Cul...

The European Capital of Culture is an annual mega-event, which can provide a good forum though which to challenge and engage local citizens, thus generating feelings of common citizenship. In addition, it presents an ideal opportunity to promote the restructuring of the hosting urban space. However, the success of both the organization and the city that hosts the cultural event depends on the residents’ commitm...

How does gender affect visiting a World Heritage Site? : The case study of Guim...

Perceptions of residents of hosting the “Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Cul...

The European Capital of Culture is an annual mega-event, which can provide a good forum though which to challenge and engage local citizens, thus generating feelings of common citizenship. In addition, it presents an ideal opportunity to promote the restructuring of the hosting urban space. However, the success of both the organization and the city that hosts the cultural event depends on the residents’ commitm...

Perceções de residentes a respeito dos impactes da atividade turística : uma an...

À escala internacional, tem sido profícuo o aprofundamento dos estudos na área do turismo, principalmente nos últimos quarenta anos. Várias são as áreas de interesse dos investigadores, desde a motivação dos turistas, o planejamento da atividade turística, os equipamentos turísticos até à perceção de residentes, englobando vários stakeholders. Especificamente sobre os estudos relacionados com a perceção de resi...

Residents??? perceptions on impacts of hosting the ???Guimar??es 2012 European ...

Residents tend to have high expectations about the benefits of hosting a mega???event. So, it was not surprising that the nomination of Guimar??es, Portugal, as the 2012 European Capital of Culture (2012 ECOC) had raised great expectations in the local community towards its socio???economic and cultural benefits. The present research was designed to examine the Guimar??es residents??? perceptions on the impacts...

The role of cultural mega events in the enhancement of city???s image attribute...

In a time of fierce competition between regions, an image serve as a basis to develop a strong sense of community, which fosters trust and cooperation that can be mobilized for regional growth. A positive image and reputation could be used in the promotional activities of the region benefiting all the stakeholders as a whole. Mega cultural events are frequently used to attract tourists and investments to a regi...

Tourists’ perceptions of world heritage destinations: The case of Guimarães (Po...

Guimara˜es is a UNESCO world heritage site, deemed as such in 2001 and hosted the 2012 European Capital of Culture. This paper examines the profile, destination image, and motivations of tourists’ visiting behaviors in Guimara˜es before the cultural event. Based on survey responses from 276 tourists, we found that tourists arriving in Guimara˜es had previously visited the two most important cities in the northe...

Residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts in Guimarães (Portugal): a cluster an...

In this investigation, a cluster analysis was used to separate Guimara˜es (Portugal) residents into clusters according to their perceptions of the impacts of tourism development. This approach is uncommonly applied to Portugal data and is even rarer for world heritage sites. The world heritage designation is believed to make an area more attractive to tourists. The clustering procedure analysed 400 data observa...

Evaluating the Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture (ECOC): a Tourist Per...

Guimarães has hosted, during the year of 2012, one of the European Capital of Culture (ECOC). The evaluation of the event is needed as public, private and community funds are involved. The approach considers the tourists (domestic and international) as external and independent stakeholders who assessed the cultural activities developed during the event and the attributes of the city. The results of the survey s...