RT Book,_Section
T1 Effects of the Pandemic on Urban Tourism in the City of Porto
A1 Braga, José Luís
A1 Pazos Otón, Miguel
A1 Pereira, Miguel
A1 Mota, Catarina
A1 Magalhães, Miguel
A1 Leite, Sónia
A2 Vidal Carvalho, João
A2 Abreu, António
A2 Liberato, Pedro
A2 Peña, Alejandro
K1 Pandemic
K1 Tourism
K1 Mobility
K1 Transport
K1 Porto
AB This paper presents an analysis of secondary quantitative data on the impact of the pandemic on one of the most relevant urban tourism destinations in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. This in-depth study of the official tourism statistics yielded by Porto Convention and Visitors Bureau is justified given the fact that Porto witnessed a huge increase in the number of tourists before the pandemic. Hence, the aim of the paper is to analyse the effects of the pandemic in the socioeconomic sustainability of tourism in this destination. The results of the research highlight the sudden drop in tourist activity driven by the constraints derived from the pandemic in Porto. In addition, we will analyse the first signs of recovery that were felt in the tourist industry of Porto, looking at how they may influence the immediate future of this activity. In fact, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), tourism, during 2021, in Portugal, despite registering a notable growth compared to 2020, was still below 2019.
PB Springer
SN 978-981-99-0337-5
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46529
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46529
LA eng
NO Braga, J.L., Otón, M.P., Pereira, M., Mota, C., Magalhães, M., Leite, S. (2023). Effects of the Pandemic on Urban Tourism in the City of Porto. In: Carvalho, J.V., Abreu, A., Liberato, P., Peña, A. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 345. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0337-5_55
DS Minerva
RD 22 may 2026