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Residents play a key role in enhancing the tourist experience and in the sustainable development of the destination. From this perspective, residents’ perceptions and actions can significantly affect tourists’ feedback and the long-term development of destinations. Thematic research on the process of destination development and management tends to focus on the tourists’ perspective and excludes that of residents, yet residents are stakeholders of the destination and play a key role in its promotion and attractiveness. The research focuses on the characteristics of residents in two cities in the North of Portugal, as well as their perception of the tourism impacts. Two research hypotheses are presented: the income earned by residents influences their perception about the economic impacts of tourism in the region, and the length of residence influences residents' perception about the economic impacts of tourism in the region. A quantitative methodology was applied, using a questionnaire survey, to 810 residents, in the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. The results identify that there is an increase in agreement with the valorization of the sector and the increase in gross monthly income, observing additionally the valorization of the sector in most of the length scales of residence in the region.
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Sustainable tourism Sustainability Residents Porto Vila Nova de Gaia
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Springer