Start Date
26-6-2025 9:30 AM
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26-6-2025 11:00 AM
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Our Lady of Peace is one of the several titles attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. The main theme of Our Lady’s messages is the call to peace and reconciliation obtained only through prayer. Our Lady of Peace churches and shrines may be found throughout the world. One is a Marian shrine and pilgrimage site in a remote mountain village in Ponte da Barca, in the North of Portugal This paper aims to disseminate the story of a small religious shrine and examines the local governance and development initiatives being taken to stimulate visitation.
The study adopts a qualitative, exploratory research approach for analysing regenerative community development based on a human-centred method where the participation and wellbeing of the local community is prioritised. A regenerative tourism approach sees tourism as a potential partner that cultivates reciprocal relationships rather than considering communities and places as a resource for tourism (Bellato & Cheer, 2021). Results offer insights for policymakers, academics and destination managers, seeking religious tourism development with a regenerative spirit based on communal efforts at the grassroots level.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/a7e0-2e69
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B2) Local Governance and Community Regeneration: A Case Study in the North of Portugal
Our Lady of Peace is one of the several titles attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. The main theme of Our Lady’s messages is the call to peace and reconciliation obtained only through prayer. Our Lady of Peace churches and shrines may be found throughout the world. One is a Marian shrine and pilgrimage site in a remote mountain village in Ponte da Barca, in the North of Portugal This paper aims to disseminate the story of a small religious shrine and examines the local governance and development initiatives being taken to stimulate visitation.
The study adopts a qualitative, exploratory research approach for analysing regenerative community development based on a human-centred method where the participation and wellbeing of the local community is prioritised. A regenerative tourism approach sees tourism as a potential partner that cultivates reciprocal relationships rather than considering communities and places as a resource for tourism (Bellato & Cheer, 2021). Results offer insights for policymakers, academics and destination managers, seeking religious tourism development with a regenerative spirit based on communal efforts at the grassroots level.