The international Douro/Arribas do Douro landscape: eco and literary tourism potential

Auteurs

  • Sara Cerqueira Pascoal ISCAP-P.PORTO
  • José Eduardo Pascoal University of Porto

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.34630/e-rei.vi11.5294

Mots-clés :

Miguel de Unamuno, International Douro, Cultural Tourism, Literary Tourism, FFIL

Résumé

This article addresses the richness, diversity, and uniqueness of the landscape of the  international Douro, also known as Arribes do Douro/Arribes del Duero, one of the oldest borders in Europe (1297). The natural, cultural and literary characteristics of this area, combined with the climate and morphology, make it imperative to explore the territory for tourism, boosting the economic development of an often-abandoned rural area of the Portuguese interior. Suggesting a sustainable use of tourism, this article approaches the work of some of the writers who have left their print on the area, such as Miguel de Unamuno, and also discusses the recent initiative of the Freixo de Espada à Cinta municipality to promote literary tourism, the Freixo Festival Internacional de Literatura - FFIL (International Literature Festival of Freixo). The primary aim of this article is to demonstrate that incorporating literary texts and literary tourism experiences into International Douro’s landscape fruition can enhance cultural awareness and boost local economies.

Bibliographies de l'auteur

Sara Cerqueira Pascoal, ISCAP-P.PORTO

1 Sara Pascoal is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ISCAP- P.Porto),
Portugal, since 1997. She has an undergraduate degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, a
Master’s degree in Portuguese Culture and a PHD in Romanic Languages and Cultures from the
University of Porto. She is currently doing research on Literary Geography and Literary
Tourism and she is a Member of the Scientific Board of the LIT&TOUR – International Journal
of Literature and Tourism Research. Guest-Editor at Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, she
is a researcher and member of the Scientific Board of the Centre for Intercultural Studies of
ISCAP -P.Porto. Her research interests range from Literary Geography and Geocriticism,
Cultural Tourism, Intercultural Communication and Portuguese Culture

José Eduardo Pascoal, University of Porto

José Eduardo Pascoal holds a Masters in Geography – Space Dynamics and Territorial
Planning, from the University of Porto. He is a teacher at the Agrupamento de Escolas da Trofa
and supervises internships of the Masters in Teaching Geography in the 3rd cycle of Basic and
Secondary Education of the University of Porto. His main research interests lie in Human
Geography, Border Geography and rivers as borders, namely Douro International border

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2023-08-02

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Pascoal, S. C., & Pascoal, J. E. (2023). The international Douro/Arribas do Douro landscape: eco and literary tourism potential. E- Revista De Estudos Interculturais , (11). https://doi.org/10.34630/e-rei.vi11.5294

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