RT Journal Article
T1 Heritage, Tourismand Local Development in Peripheral Rural Spaces: Mértola (Baixo Alentejo, Portugal)
A1 García Delgado, Francisco Javier
A1 Martínez Puche, Antonio
A1 Lois González, Rubén
AB In the context of multiple repurposing of rural spaces, tourism represents a path fordevelopment, with the potential to revitalize these areas. The conservation and restoration of heritage,and its promotion through tourism, can become an opportunity for local development, in which arange of stakeholders fulfil different roles in the carrying out of the processes involved. The aim ofthe study was to analyse the heritagisation processes and their tourist value enhancement and howit affects local development in Mértola (Baixo Alentejo, Portugal). A series of interviews with thechief stakeholders in the process were conducted, from which the contexts and conceptualisationsof development were determined. On the basis of secondary data in terms of statistics, an analysisof the impacts of the process of heritagisation and the development of tourism was undertaken.The main conclusions drawn by the research are the following: (a) the importance of the process ofheritagisation in Mértola; (b) the viability of the project, given the cost and lack of comprehensiveconservation, in creating a unified whole; (c) the performance of, and power relationships between,the various stakeholders; (d) the limited participation of locals due to disaffection with the project;(e) the correlation between heritage, rural tourism, and local development.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2020
FD 2020-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19616
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19616
LA eng
NO García Delgado, F. J., Martínez Puche, A., & Lois González, R. C. (2020). Heritage, Tourism and Local Development in Peripheral Rural Spaces: Mértola (Baixo Alentejo, Portugal). Sustainability, 12(21), 9157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219157
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026