Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais: N. 49 (2018)

It is a pleasure to inform you that the issue nº. 49 (2018) of our journal (Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais / Portuguese Review of Regional Studies) is now available online. You can accede to it using the link:

http://www.apdr.pt/siteRPER/EN/revistaEN.html

Thank you for your interest in the journal and for the contributions given to it, if it is the case.

Best regards,

J. Cadima Ribeiro

REDES: v. 23, n. 3 (2018)

REDES: Vol. 23, nº 3 (2018)

"Satisfaction with Braga (Portugal) and recommendation: comparisons between information coming from relatives/friends and from other sources"

Abstract

Recommendation from family and friends is considered to be the most credible source in the travel decision-making process. Being relevant that studies on destination loyalty focus on this variable, this study investigated the tourists’ motivations, perceived attributes of the city and satisfaction gotten from the visit performed comparing the following two groups: those who indicated that they obtained travel information from relatives/friends (n=120); and those who obtained information from other sources (n=186). The research methodology consists of a quantitative approach based on a self-administered survey applied to travellers who visited Braga (a medium sized city located in the Northwest of Portugal), during 2017. The results indicated that there were some significant differences across the two groups with respect to demographic characteristics, tourists’ motivations and perceived attributes of the city. However, the groups did not differ in their global image of the destination and intention to recommend it to relatives and friends.

Keywords: destination attributes; tourists’ satisfaction; word-of-mouth recommendation; Northwest of Portugal; Braga.

Paula Remoaldo, Department of Geography and Lab2pt, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, cris.remoaldo@gmail.com

Laurentina Vareiro, Management School, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave and UNIAG, Barcelos, Portugal, lvareiro@ipca.pt

J. Cadima Ribeiro, Economics and Management School and NIPE, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, jcadima@eeg.uminho.pt

Jessica de Abreu, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, jessicaabreu93@hotmail.com

Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Department of History and Landscapes, Heritage and Territory Laboratory – Lab2pt, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, anabett@uaum.uminho.pt

[Resumo de comunicação apresentada no 25º Congresso da APDR (25th APDR Congress), genericamente subordinado ao tema ‘Circular Economy: Urban Metabolism and Regional Development’, organizado pela Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional, que decorreu na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, a 5 e 6 de julho de 2018]

"The European Capitals of Culture and their Capacity to Change the Socioeconomic Profile of the Hosting Cities – the Cases of Guimarães and Košice"

Abstract

The European Capitals of Culture (ECOC) is the most ambitious cultural collaborative programme in Europe. During its first 15-year period (1985-2000), ECOC projects were hosted by several national capitals and principal cultural cities in Europe. In the second phase, the programme also began to discover smaller and less well-known cities of interest where results would be more visible and beyond one year. Given there has been such a long period of 33 years since the first designation of a European Capital of Culture, there is an opportunity to evaluate the whole programme as well as individual projects in terms of their regeneration impacts. The paper is focused on the ECOC legacy of two medium-sized cities Guimarães (ECOC in 2012, Portugal) and Košice (ECOC in 2013, Slovakia). The assessment of the ECOC impact of these two cities on tourism and urban development is based on the same methodology, giving the possibility of first-hand comparison and in-depth interpretation.

The cluster analysis of all European ECOC cities identifies clusters on the basis of their mutual similarity. Thereafter, several research questions are studied based on the interview research in the cities of Guimarães and Košice. Although the two cities aimed to take the hosting of the ECOC as a significant tailored point of their development, their legacies have revealed comparatively different in several dimensions. While Guimarães succeeded in enhancing its tourist attraction and visibility, but less in expanding the cultural dynamics, Košice is an example of culture-led development overcoming the provincial cultural offer on the East-European border. Both cities made it possible to achieve a positive impact corresponding to the initial project goals, but reaching somewhat different effects, evident at a distance of several years.

Keywords: European Capital of Culture; Mega-events Impacts; Cultural Legacy; Medium Sized Cities; Cities Socioeconomic Profile.

Oto Hudec, Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic (Oto.Hudec@tuke.sk)

Paula Remoaldo, Lab2PT (Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory), University of Minho, Portugal (paularemoaldo@gmail.com)

Nataša Urbančíková, Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic (natasa.urbancikova@tuke.sk)

J. Cadima Ribeiro, NIPE, University of Minho, Portugal (jcadima@eeg.uminho.pt)

[Resumo de comunicação apresentada no 58th ERSA Congress, subordinado genericamente ao tema ´Places for People: Innovative, Inclusive and Liveable Regions`, que decorreu na University College Cork, Cork, Irlanda, entre 28 e 21 de agosto de 2018]