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The Potential of Adventure Tourism in the Azores: Focusing on the Regional Strategic Planning

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The Portuguese autonomous region of Azores is one of the Outermost Regions of the European Union. Despite the many challenges this insular region present, the geographical location of the islands has also granted exciting opportunities for regional development. One of the examples is the Adventure Tourism, which has a high potential in the territory. Besides, this tourism activity is seen as an essential vehicle for regional sustainable development. Thereby, through an empirical case study research, the present study assessed some regional strategies and territorial planning tools enabling a more profound knowledge of the process and plans ongoing to achieve sustainable development in the Azores Archipelago by the regional authorities. The study shows that the Azores tourism strategy includes nature as the most crucial resource for its development.

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This paper is financed by Portuguese national funds through FCT–Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., project number UIDB/00685/2020 and also by the project GREAT-Genuine Rural Experiences in the Azores Tourism, with the code: ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000089.

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  1. School of Business and Economics and CEEAplA, University of Azores, 9500-321, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Gualter Couto, Rui Alexandre Castanho & Pedro Pimentel

  2. Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

    Rui Alexandre Castanho

  3. CITUR - Madeira - Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, 9000-082, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal

    Rui Alexandre Castanho

  4. VALORIZA - Research Centre for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), 7300, Portalegre, Portugal

    Rui Alexandre Castanho

  5. Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Azores, and CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioral Centre for Research and Intervention, 9500-321, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Célia Barreto Carvalho

  6. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-115, Coimbra, Portugal

    Célia Barreto Carvalho

  7. Faculty of Sciences and Technology and CEEAplA, University of Azores, 9500-321, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Áurea Sousa

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  1. Institute of Accounting and Administration of Porto (ISCAP), Polytechnic of Porto, São Mamede de Infesta, Portugal

    António Abreu

  2. School of Hospitality and Tourism, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Vila do Conde, Portugal

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  3. Facultade de Ciencias Empresariais e Turismo As Lagoas, University of Vigo, Ourense, Spain

    Elisa Alén González

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    Juan Carlos Garcia Ojeda

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Couto, G., Castanho, R.A., Pimentel, P., Carvalho, C.B., Sousa, Á. (2021). The Potential of Adventure Tourism in the Azores: Focusing on the Regional Strategic Planning. In: Abreu, A., Liberato, D., González, E.A., Garcia Ojeda, J.C. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. ICOTTS 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 209. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4260-6_2

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