Cultural distance in UNESCO World Heritage destinations. The case study of Coimbra (Portugal)
| Autor: | Norberto Santos, Claudete Oliveira Moreira, Luís Silveira |
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| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Cadernos de Geografia, Vol 50 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0871-1623 2183-4016 |
| DOI: | 10.14195/0871-1623_50_9 |
| Popis: | The empirical research studies carried out in cities with World Heritage Sites and the relationships between tour guides and visitors strengthen the destination and mobility characteristics that are important for analysing behavioural distancing in tourist destinations. The theme of this article is related to the concept of touristification, which makes it possible to valorise the risk implicit in the context of relations between groups of visitors and resident populations (local community). The main purpose is to identify the challenges in managing the tourist destination of Coimbra (UNESCO World Heritage) when considering cultural distance as the relationship between tourists of different nationalities, the local community and the professionals responsible for delivery services. The focus is on how interpreter-guides perceive different groups of visitors, based on a set of 20 interviews. The group consisted of professionals who often visit the city and the University of Coimbra, but who work both nationally and internationally. The text highlights four crucial factors in the analysis of cultural distance in a destination between residents, interpreter-guides and tourists, these being i) communication, ii) experience/learning, iii) hospitality, and iv) knowledge of local history and good organisation of the tour programme. |
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