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Impacts of Events’ Tourism in Local Development: The Case of Águeda, Portugal

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Event Tourism has gained more recognition over the years for its economic, social, environmental and cultural potential and importance for local development of destinations. Studies on this subject are often carried out only considering the economic dimension, which is insufficient to understand the total dimension that Event Tourism has. Moreover, studies on this topic are mainly focused on demand side and the importance of event’s organization to attract tourists to destinations. However, event tourism impacts destinations and communities. Therefore, this chapter aims to understand the perception of residents about the importance of the Event’s Organization for local development of the territory. The research is supported by a qualitative analysis, using interviews with entities belonging to diverse tourism subsectors that integrate the value chain of the sector in the territory. The city of Águeda is recognized internationally and nationally for events’ organization and for its cultural and industrial dynamics and innovation. Since the beginning of the Event Organization in the region, Águeda has been a growth in the tourist and economic dimensions, as well as in the local development. The results show that residents consider the Event Organization extremely important for the municipality of Águeda, presenting many positive impacts. It was also concluded that the Event’s Organization was one of the main drivers of the economic, cultural, social and tourism development of the territory.

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This work was financially supported by the research unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (UIDB/04058/2020) + (UIDP/04058/2020), funded by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

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  1. Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Filipa Almeida, Rui Augusto da Costa & Filipa Brandão

  2. GOVCOPP, Research Unit on Governance Competitiveness and Public Policy, Aveiro, Portugal

    Rui Augusto da Costa, Filipa Brandão & Márcio Ribeiro Martins

  3. Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

    Márcio Ribeiro Martins

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Almeida, F., da Costa, R.A., Brandão, F., Martins, M.R. (2023). Impacts of Events’ Tourism in Local Development: The Case of Águeda, Portugal. In: Abreu, A., Carvalho, J.V., Liberato, D., Galdames, I.S. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 340. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9960-4_25

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