Research Group:
E-mail:
Alberto Tapada, natural de Sapiรตes – Vila Real
Education:
- Complementary Course / Camilo Castelo Branco High School
- Archaeology – Frequency 4th year FLUP
- Higher Course in Cultural Animation – รrvore I Teaching Cooperative
- Post-graduate Degree in Management of Thematic Tourism Routes – UTAD
- Master in Tourism – Local Resources, Animation and Development
- Doctorate in Development, Societies and Territories – UTAD
- Researcher at CETRAD/UTAD
Professional experience:
- Cooperative Leader
- Associative Manager
- Entrepreneur
- Coordinator of the Culture and Historical Heritage Sector of the Municipality of Valongo
- Vice-President of REMAM – Rede Mundial das Associaรงรตes Magalhรขnicas
Main Publications:
- Astrotourism and sustainable development in the Tua Valley Nature Park: Visions of Stakeholders
- Astrotourism: A Literature Review and Frame – Work for Future Research
- Networks in tourism planning: Stakeholders’ perceptions of an astrotourism project
Main Projects:
- Creation of REMAM – World Network of Magellanic Associations
- Meetings from Douro Project – AETUR (Associaรงรฃo dos Empresรกrios Turรญsticos do Douro e Trรกs-os-Montes)
- GlobalTEC Project – AETUR (Association of Tourism Businessmen of Douro and Trรกs-os-Montes)
- Various projects for the internationalisation of the Douro brand, as part of the coordination activities of AETUR (Association of Tourism Businessmen of the Douro and Trรกs-os-Montes)”.