Project: Territory and Tourism, the Algarve case 1960 - XXI century
Team: Sérgio Palma de Brito (coord.), Fernando Perna (coord.), Olívia Salmonete, Vanessa Oliveira
Contractor: Direcção-Geral do Turismo - PIQTUR
Execution time limit: 2005/06

Communications:

Name: Territory and Tourism in Algarve
Date: 8th April 2009
Place: University of Algarve, Faro.

Name: CCDRA - Meeting about Tourism and Territory Planning (in Portuguese)
Date: 14th February 2006
Place: CCDR – Algarve (Regional Coordination and Development Commission of Algarve), Faro.

Name: Territory and Tourism, the Algarve case 1960 - XXI century (in Portuguese)
Date: 7th April 2006
Place: Foundation for Algarve’s University Development, Faro.

Name: Algarve's Regional Plan (1963 - 1974) (in Portuguese)
Date: 18th October 2006
Local: School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of Algarve, Faro

Name: Tourism and Territory Planning in Algarve (in Portuguese)
Date: 9th November 2006
Place: School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of Algarve, Faro.

Summary:

"Territory and Tourism, the Algarve case 1960 – XXI Century" is a technical scientific study in tourism which is developed in Algarve’s NUT II, submitted to the Sub-Program n.º 4, PIQTUR’s Measure 4,1.

The territory assumed on this research mentions the cultural and natural land use in Algarve in 1960 (starting point) and its transformation through that times dynamics by the new dynamics demonstrated since 1960 (with highlight for tourism) and by the interaction of these different origin and nature dynamics.

The tourism component mentions the economic activity which as genesis has the temporary visit and the prolonged or definite stay of non residents (in Portugal or outside) in Algarve and which originate economic activities, social transformations and cultural innovations.

By associating these two dimensions, this project based on the gathering and analysis of normative and scientific information about the detailed evolution of this activity in this particular space (open), pretends to promote the substantiated understanding of the present to better prepare future, giving body to a significant technical-scientific research about:

• The cultural and natural land use of Algarve in 1960;
• The varied forms that tourism development assumed in Algarve;
• Its territorial implementation (in space, society and culture);
• The origin of today’s existing dynamics which condition the future.