Role of imaterial cultural routes for tourism sustainability – A proposal for an intangible route to Funchal
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https://doi.org/10.59072/rper.vi66.410Keywords:
Funchal, Tourist sustainability, Local development, Cultural heritage, intangible cultural routesAbstract
Tangible and/or intangible cultural routes are an additional tourist offer and are capable of promoting local development. These increasingly integrate the principles of sustainability of tourism, since, in order to be successful in tourist destinations, they must promote a set of requirements, such as the preservation and dissemination of heritage. The main objectives of this study are: (i) to identify cultural routes as products of heritage enhancement and tourism sustainability of destinations; (ii) to characterize the municipality of Funchal in terms of tourism and heritage; (iii) propose an immaterial cultural route to the municipality of Funchal. This study comprises a case study that is Funchal, on the island of Madeira, using secondary data from national and international institutions and authors on the identified theme, as well as analyzing the considerations of the Municipality of Funchal, following the elaboration of a questionnaire carried out by this study. The main contribution of this study is the proposal of an immaterial cultural route in Funchal.
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