Hiking tourism and rural development: The case of the Mondego Walkways, Portugal

Luís Miguel Sousa Silva; Francisco Freire; António Azevedo; Rute Matos

doi:10.25145/j.pasos.2025.23.052

Autores

Luís Miguel Sousa Silva Universidade Nova de Lisboa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3909-6818
Francisco Freire New University of Lisbon, Centre for Research in Anthropology; Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6653-8669
António Azevedo University of Minho, School of Economics and Management; Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory; Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3918-5108
Rute Matos University of Évora, Center for Art History and Artistic Research; Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7715-0256

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2025.23.052

Palavras-chave:

Turismo pedestre, desenvolvimento rural, percepções dos visitantes, percepções das partes interessadas e dos residentes, Portugal

Resumo

Este artigo analisa o contributo do turismo pedestre para o desenvolvimento rural, tal como é percepcionado pelos visitantes e pelos stakeholders/residentes locais, tendo como referência os Passadiços do Mondego, no centro de Portugal. O estudo baseia-se em dados recolhidos através de métodos quantitativos e qualitativos, nomeadamente um inquérito realizado in situ com visitantes dos passadiços (n = 299) e um conjunto de 16 entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com stakeholders/residentes locais em 2023. Em primeiro lugar, os resultados mostram que a maioria dos nossos interlocutores acredita que os Passadiços do Mondego já estão a ter um impacto positivo no desenvolvimento local através do aumento do turismo e das actividades económicas relacionadas. Em segundo lugar, consideraram que o aumento do fluxo de visitantes está também a causar alguns impactos adversos. Em terceiro lugar, os visitantes afirmaram que os passadiços podem combater o despovoamento rural, enquanto os actores locais/residentes expressaram uma opinião contrária.

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Biografia do Autor

Luís Miguel Sousa Silva, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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