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

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  • Gualter Couto

    (School of Business and Economics and CEEAplA, University of Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal)

  • Rui Alexandre Castanho

    (Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
    CITUR—Madeira Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal
    College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park P.O. Box 524, South Africa)

  • Carlos Santos

    (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.

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  • Gualter Couto & Rui Alexandre Castanho & Carlos Santos, 2023. "Creative and Rural Tourism, Public Policies and Land Use Changes: A Multi-Method Approach towards Regional Sustainable Development in Azores Islands," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-23, March.
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