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- Residents’ perceptions of border regions as tourism destinations: North of Portugal and GaliciaPublication . Liberato, Dália; Alén, Elisa; Liberato, PedroBorder regions have been targeted areas for some EU-level investment interventions in order to allocate infrastructure and equipment considered key to boosting the territory, attracting investment in order to establish residents. The dry border between the North of Portugal and Galicia presents structural, demographic and economic problems that must be overcome, but also natural, cultural and touristic resources that must be enhanced. The symbolic capital of this region lies precisely in its natural, architectural landscapes, as well as in several products in the region framed globally in endogenous resources. From a more critical perspective, Saarinen (2004) argues that tourism can be one of the very few examples of potential growth for these peripheral and rural dry border regions where low population density and long distances compromise other industries development. Tourism has become an activity of building cross- border cooperation and has been able to transform the spatial organization of these regions. Tourism seems to be a very important strategic sector for the economy of Galicia-North of Portugal Eurorregion and in a particular way, the dry borders’ economy, providing benefits, sustainably. The aim of this research is to identify the potential for strategic cooperation between these two territories, and understand residents' perceptions about the impact of tourism, as an important economic activity, in these regions, through strategic partnerships between stakeholders and DMO’s, in the two countries, and also by valuing the border as a tourism destination, and not just as a line separating two territories and two nations.
- Smuggling tourism in the North of Portugal and GaliciaPublication . Liberato, Pedro; Torres, Mariana Ferreira; Liberato, DáliaThis research, which presents a qualitative methodology, has as main objective, to understand how smuggling is being remembered and portrayed today, and which strategies can be proposed by entities, to promote smuggling as one of the main tourism resources in the North of Portugal. The main findings focus on the need for the organizations to invest in this new tourism product, as well as denoting the existing constraints, concluding about the success factors for this new tourism product in the border region. To promote it, and visioning its success, the interviewees suggest the development of diversified routes along the border, because this product differentiates himself from others for it genuineness, influence the population of the border to participate more actively in the routes, to share their memories, and build new authentic experiences not previously known by tourists.