Creative and Rural Tourism, Public Policies and Land Use Changes: A Multi-Method Approach towards Regional Sustainable Development in Azores Islands

Author:

Couto Gualter1ORCID,Castanho Rui Alexandre234ORCID,Santos Carlos5ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Business and Economics and CEEAplA, University of Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

2. Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

3. CITUR—Madeira Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal

4. College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park P.O. Box 524, South Africa

5. Azores Sustainable Tourism Observatory (OTA), The Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic (CEEAplA), University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Abstract

This research work aims to give an answer to three preliminary research questions: (RQ1) Are the land-use changes the footprint of the regional public policies conducted over a territory? (RQ2) Could rural and creative tourism be the catalyst for the regional sustainable development of island territories? (RQ3) Assessing the land-use changes dynamics and trends, is it possible to use new forms of tourism business to develop regional public policies? Through a multi-method approach, this paper examines the possible relationship between land-use changes and new tourism typologies as a potential catalyst for sustainable regional development in island territories, using the Azores Islands and some creative tourism projects as case studies. As some of the results show, a footprint of the regional public policies conducted over a territory can be observed through the land-use changes analysis. In addition rural and creative tourism could catalyze the regional sustainable development of island territories.

Funder

Portuguese national funds through FCT–Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

the project CREATOUR Azores—Turning the Azores into a Creative Tourism Destination

FEDER, through the Azores Operational Program 2020

regional funds, through the Regional Directorate for Science and Technology

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction

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