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- Backpackers’ Space–time Behaviour in a World Heritage City-PortoPublication . Martins, Márcio Ribeiro; da Costa, Rui Augusto; Chim-Miki, Adriana FumiUrban tourism is one of the most popular forms of tourism, but it remains an understudied phenomenon, particularly in terms of tourists’ spatiotemporal behaviour. The aim of this research is to analyse the spatiotemporal behaviour of the backpacker tourists in an urban destination classified as World Heritage. Data collection was done through a questionnaire survey (n = 292) and a GPS App to track backpacker tourist movements (n = 82) during a visit day to Porto, Portugal. All the thematic cartography was developed with QGIS 3.2.0 software. A map with the movements performed by all backpacker tourists; a map with the intensity of the backpacker movements (passages by area, 50 × 50 m) and a map with the distribution of the total length of stay by area (50 × 50 m), allowed the identification of the main hotspots as well as the non-visited territories in Porto urban area. Relevant contributions for destination managers are presented and discussed.
- Using extended reality and machine learning in digital marketing focusing tourismPublication . Cunha, Carlos R.; Gomes, João Pedro; Mendonça, VítorTechnology has shaped the way in which all economic sectors evolve and reinvent themselves in order to achieve a high level of competitiveness. The tourism sector, being information-intensive and globalizing, at a time when never before have so many people traveled to so many destinations, needs to be competitive in the way it promotes destinations and assists visitors, providing useful and effective information. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to innovate in the way visitors are reached before they decide to choose one destination, as well as understand the aspirations of visitors throughout the entire visiting process—before, during, and after the visit. This reality has made the tourism ecosystem more complex and more dependent on the use of technology which, today and in the future, does not only focus in the support of operational management issues, but increasingly requires the use of technology for anticipate visitors’ aspirations and innovation in information and service delivery mechanisms. In this context, Extended Reality and Machine Learning are two emerging technologies with an enormous potential. This paper, after an introduction, reviews the Extended Reality and Machine Learning technologies and presents a conceptual model that aims to combine both, so that the tourism sector can better understand in advance the needs and visitors’ aspirations and can distribute information and services in an immersive and contextualized way, improving digital marketing strategies. Finally, some scenarios for using the conceptual model are presented and ongoing work is outlined.
- The role of european funding in the development of rural tourismPublication . Nogueira, Sónia P.; Fernandes, Joana; Pires, LuísThe development of rural regions and the promotion of tourism within these areas are crucial for fostering economic growth, preserving cultural heritage, and ensuring social inclusivity. Governments, particularly in Europe, play a vital supporting role through funding and strategic initiatives. This paper highlights the importance of European funding in driving the development of rural regions and enhancing their tourism potential, through the project “Creation of business coop- eration networks in rural cross-border regions between companies in the gourmet agri-food and tourism sectors”, with the Portuguese acronym CRECEER. Within this project, it was possible to involve 20 enterprises, specifically rural accommoda- tion enterprises (RAE) and manufacturing endogenous products’ enterprises, from cross-border regions of northern Portugal. It was understandable that the develop- ment of rural regions and the promotion of tourism within these areas are essential for sustainable economic growth, cultural preservation, and social inclusivity. It was also found that European funding is pivotal in providing the necessary resources and support to overcome infrastructure and marketing challenges, foster regional devel- opment, and empower local communities. By investing in rural regions, governments and the European Union play a crucial role in harnessing the immense potential of these areas, thereby ensuring a more balanced and prosperous society.
- Literary Tourism: Literature Developments and Research Lines from 2015 to 2020Publication . Rodrigues, Cristina; Liberato, Dália; Esteves, Elsa Tavares; Sousa, Bruno; Liberato, Pedro; Costa, Adriano; Pereira, Carina; Malheiro, Maria Alexandra; Carvalho, PedroAlthough literary tourism is still an understudied field, the beneficial rela-tionship between tourism and literature is becoming very clear. Literary tourism involves the literary heritage of places, namely visits to sites related to literary works and the lives of writers. There are already some empirical studies that demonstrate the importance of this type of tourism as a guarantee of cultural enrichment of desti-nations and sustainable tourism practices. This tourism has begun to be explored in the development of tourism products and experiences, such as itineraries, or infras-tructures linked to literary heritage that increase the attractiveness and competitive-ness of destinations. This study analyzes literary tourism as a field of research and explores its state of the art through a bibliometric review that includes content anal-ysis. For this purpose, articles published in the period 2015–2020, identified in the Web of Science database, were analyzed. The results identify the main topics of these publications and their temporal analysis, the research methods and techniques applied, the case studies related to authors and works, also the geographies studied and some important insights on literary tourism that address different dimensions. Overall, this study provides a rich understanding of the contemporary study of literary tourism, in a particularly rich period in terms of scientific advances in this area, still under-expressed.
- Research trends on visitor’s intra-attraction spaciotemporal behaviour: a literature reviewPublication . Martins, Márcio; Esteves, Elsa TavaresThe space-time behaviour of visitor´s, when investigated and understood, can provide the development of marketing strategies, better management of tourist attractions, and gather information about experiences and emotions experienced in destinations, among others. This study aims to present and discuss the contribution of research on visitors’ space-time behaviour at intra-attraction level, stressing some theoretical aspects related to concepts, constructs and methodological options expressed in articles related with this topic published in Scopus database. The search carried out in the Scopus platform reveals a growing interest in the visitors’ space-time behaviour in tourism studies. The most productive authors, the most relevant journals and the research areas of published articles were identified. However, few articles specifically focus on visitors’ intra-attraction behaviour have been published. A content analysis was performed and the geographic scale of analysis was identified, as well as the methodology used. From the literature review and based on an existing conceptual model for the urban intra-destination context, it was also possible to adapt it to the analysis of the spatiotemporal behaviour of intra-attraction visitors. Analyse vistor´s space-time behaviour at intra-attraction level allows facility managers to better understand visitor behaviour in different seasons, improving attractions and the overall tourist experience, contributing to more sustainable facility management.
- Empowering the Teaching and Learning of Geometry in Basic Education by Combining Extended Reality and Machine LearningPublication . Cunha, Carlos R.; Moreira, André Silva; Coelho, Sílvia; Mendonça, Vítor; Gomes, João PedroTechnology has helped to innovate in the teaching-learning process. Today's students are more demanding actors when it comes to the environment, they have at their disposal to learn, experiment and develop critical thinking. The area of mathematics has successively suffered from students’ learning difficul- ties, whether due to lack of motivation, low abstraction ability or lack of new tools for teachers to bring innovation into the classroom and outside it. While being true that digitalization has entered schools, it often follows a process of digital replication of approaches and materials that were previously only availa- ble on physical media. This work focuses on the use of Extended Realities for teaching mathematics, and very particularly in the teaching of geometry, with a proposition of a conceptual model that combines the use of Extended Reality and Machine Learning. The proposed model was subject to prototyping, which is pre- sented as a form of laboratory validation as a contribution to innovate the way of how the geometry teaching-learning process is developed, as well through the ability to obtain useful insights for teachers, and students, throughout the process.
- Design of context-aware information systems in manufacturing industries: overview and challengesPublication . Santos, Arlindo; Lima, Cláudio; Reis, Arsénio; Pinto, Tiago; Nogueira, Paulo; Barroso, João ManuelIn the last 30 years, several academic and commercial projects have explored the context-awareness concept in multiple domains. The concepts of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence are features associated with the fourth generation industry empowering space with the ability to interact and re-spond appropriately according to context. In the scope of Industry 4.0, context-aware systems aim to improve productivity in smart factories and offer assistance to workers through services, applications, and devices, delivering functionalities and contextualized content. This article, through descriptive research, discusses the concepts related to context, presents and analyses projects related to ubiqui-tous computing and associated with Industry 4.0, and discusses the main chal-lenges in systems and applications development to support intelligent environ-ments for increased productivity, supporting informed decision-making in the factories of the future. The study results indicate that many research questions regarding the analysed projects remain the same, leading the research in the con-text-ware systems area to minimize issues related to context-aware features, im-proving the incorporation of Industry 4.0 paradigm concepts.
- Analysis of citizen satisfaction in municipal servicesPublication . Nogueira, Sónia P.; Ribeiro, Nuno A.; Remondes, SílviaLocal authorities have played a particularly important role in the development of communities, being one of the sources closest to the population. Today’s citizens have become more attentive and demanding, and do not accept an undifferentiated treatment from local elected officials. In fact, as users of the public services provided by local authorities, citizens are continuous evaluators of both their services and the public policies adopted by the elected representatives. As voters and, therefore, decision-makers, citizens certainly cast their votes for whoever they expect to meet their needs. This study seeks to evaluate the satisfaction and define a satisfaction index of the citizens towards their municipality of residence, namely the municipality of Alfândega da Fé, Portugal. The selected methodology was the case study, with a quantitative approach, having applied a questionnaire survey to a sample of residents in the selected municipality. In total 350 questionnaires were collected, corresponding approximately to 0.076% of the population, assuming a sampling error of 5.03%. The results obtained regarding the Satisfaction Index show that the citizens of Alfândega da Fé are globally satisfied with their municipality of residence, scoring overall satisfaction with 73.29 points out of 100. The results also show that the dimensions ‘Quality of life in terms of leisure, access to culture, environmental quality and safety’, ‘Image of the municipality’ and ‘Quality of basic infrastructures and services’ have the greatest weight in the overall satisfaction of the citizen with their municipality of residence.
- Leadership: impact on the satisfaction of public administration workers in PortugalPublication . Bessa, Carlos; Pereira, Manuel Sousa; Faria, SílviaThe purpose of this work is to evaluate the role of leadership in the local public administration workers' satisfaction level. This is a study case carried out with workers from the Municipality of Penafiel. A questionnaire was made, based on the European framework model of self-assessment CAF (Common Assessment Framework). With a total of 72 questions, supported by a Likert scale, we were able to get a final sample of 407 valid answers, out of 665 employees. Data indicates the existence of a positive and statistically significant correlation between leadership and motivation, involvement, and workers' participation. It was also possible to see the impact of leadership on the workers' perception of justice, equal opportunities, rewards and career development.
- The role of higher education institutions as promoters of regional competitiveness: a case studyPublication . Fernandes, Joana; Pires, Luís; Nogueira, Sónia P.This paper describes a specific situation where the involvement of a Higher Education Institution (HEI), the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) acted as a booster for region-al competitiveness. The HEI implemented a project named “creation of business coopera-tion networks in rural cross-border regions between companies in the gourmet agri-food and tourism sectors”, with the Portuguese acronym CRECEER, The main objective of this project was to develop and implement measures to increase the companies’ competitive-ness, by enhancing certain areas, such as quality, design, Information and Communication Technologies (ITC), and marketing, along with the creation of a common framework that jointly commercialized products and services, specifically from rural accommodation enterprises and companies producing endogenous products with gourmet potential. It is our intention to describe the activities developed by the HEI involved in the implementa-tion of the project, and to show the crucial part the education institution took in the crea-tion and enhancement of online marketing strategies, in two regions, Douro and Alto Trás-os-Montes (Portugal), that include a total of 28 municipalities.