Maritime Connectivity Resident Population Demand
ISBN: 978-1-83797-177-0, eISBN: 978-1-83797-176-3
Publication date: 4 March 2024
Abstract
The Spain–Portugal Cross-Border Cooperation Program launched the “Espomar” project in 2017, with the aim of designing a sustainable and transboundary maritime transport system in the Gulf of Cádiz, which includes the Spanish provinces of Cádiz (its Atlantic coast) and Huelva, together with the Portuguese region of the Algarve. This chapter limits the scope to the Algarve-Huelva connection and the resident population demand. The findings suggest a maritime connection defined and marketed as part of leisure activities. The demand for potential tourism packages created around boat trips appears to be promising. The sun beach, gastronomy wine and culture landscape vectors are the main attractors.
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Acknowledgment
This research is part of the Espomar project, which is cofinanced by the ERDF through the Interreg Program V-A Spain–Portugal (Spain–Portugal CBC Program) 2014–2020. This study is also financed by National Funds provided by Foundation for Science and Technology through project UIDB/04020/2020.
Citation
Vargas-Sánchez, A., Albendín-Moya, J.J., Perna, F., Custódio, M.J., Pereira, L.N., Santos, M.M. and Oliveira, V. (2024), "Maritime Connectivity Resident Population Demand", Scott, N., Guerreiro, M. and Pinto, P. (Ed.) Managing Destinations (Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 193-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2042-144320240000014014
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2024 Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez, Juan José Albendín-Moya, Fernando Perna, Maria João Custódio, Luís Nobre Pereira, Maria Margarida Santos and Vanessa Oliveira. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited