Location
3D - Product Development
Start Date
30-6-2017 9:30 AM
End Date
30-6-2017 11:00 AM
Description
Within the social sciences, particularly as regards Geography, Economics and Sociology, Religious Tourism is debated taking into account its impact on territories, local populations and the external agents strongly connected with this phenomenon.
In any urbanized area were the actions perpetuated over decades by active agents (both public and private) that have fabricated the extant realities, sanctuaries also integrate a particular touristic system.
It is necessary to establish parameters in order to understand why some sanctuaries do not make it as far as a callow stage of development while others, through a set of synergies, are able to completely change their environs, inclusively creating internationally renowned cities. Given the extent and interconnection of elements involved in this development process, Ambrósio’s Model (2007) - Development Process of a Sanctuary-Town – will be used to enable comparative studies between a large-sized shrine/town, Fátima (Portugal) and a mid-sized shrine/town, Levoča (Slovakia).
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Fátima and Levoča Sanctuary-towns: development and management differences
3D - Product Development
Within the social sciences, particularly as regards Geography, Economics and Sociology, Religious Tourism is debated taking into account its impact on territories, local populations and the external agents strongly connected with this phenomenon.
In any urbanized area were the actions perpetuated over decades by active agents (both public and private) that have fabricated the extant realities, sanctuaries also integrate a particular touristic system.
It is necessary to establish parameters in order to understand why some sanctuaries do not make it as far as a callow stage of development while others, through a set of synergies, are able to completely change their environs, inclusively creating internationally renowned cities. Given the extent and interconnection of elements involved in this development process, Ambrósio’s Model (2007) - Development Process of a Sanctuary-Town – will be used to enable comparative studies between a large-sized shrine/town, Fátima (Portugal) and a mid-sized shrine/town, Levoča (Slovakia).
Comments
This work was supported by the Portuguese Research and Development Agency (FCT) and by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contract No. SK-PT-2015-0011.