This book identifies opportunities and challenges for wine tourism and landscapes, illustrating how national and international tourism economics could support regional, national, or international policy establishment and improve territorial sustainability. It does not just focus on wine tourism and how it can contribute to sustainable economic development, it also presents an analysis of the importance of wine landscapes and natural and cultural heritage associated to it. Also, it evaluates how the actual challenges and opportunities could impact on wine landscapes, influencing positively and negatively tourism and also the development of local and regional areas.
The book discusses how wine tourism creates multiple opportunities for local and regional sustainable development. It signals the numerous possibilities for the reduction of inequalities between territories of high and low density, the economic involvement of the communities, the creation of work and the increase in local employability, as well as the promotion of visitor and resident well-being. On the other hand, the book discusses the actual challenges, including risks that could endanger the wine landscapes, such as climate change, industrialization, loss of traditional practices, globalization, massification, and gaps in territorial planning and management, among others.
Helena Albuquerque is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture at Portucalense University, Portugal, and a member of the REMIT Research Unit (Research on Economics, Management, and Information Technologies). She holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. She has supervised numerous internship reports and master's dissertations and has served as a jury member for both master's and doctoral theses. Her academic work includes the publication of several peer-reviewed articles focusing on territorial sustainable development and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applied to tourism. She is actively involved in research projects across the fields of sustainable tourism, environmental conservation, research management, climate change, wine tourism, and cultural heritage. Her main research interests include: Sustainable Tourism, GIS Applications in Tourism, Nature-Based Tourism, Wine Tourism, and Territorial Sustainable Management.
Isabel Vaz de Freitas, Full Professor at Portucalense University, PhD in History, research at REMIT (Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies). She is a correspondent of the Portuguese Academy of History, Head of the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Director of the Conservation and Restauration Center at Portucalense University. She has supervised numerous internship reports and master's dissertations and has served as a jury member for both master's and doctoral theses. One of the main areas of research is heritage safeguard and tourism, the water heritage and sustainability, and cultural landscapes. In this area, she has integrated financed projects, as coordinator and as a researcher. In this study area, she has published several articles and book chapters.
Gregory Gardner, Professor of Business Administration at SUNY, USA, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in international management, and strategy. Extensive experience developing and teaching online courses and working with international students and with executive learners. Full time tenured faculty member. Fulbright Scholar, teaching graduate and undergraduate economics courses at Kherson State University, Kherson, Ukraine 2007/2008, and at Eszterhazy Karole Technical University in Eger, Hungary in Fall 2015. State Department Senior Specialist in Ukraine/Eastern Europe, advising universities on program development, international partnership models, and faculty development. Non-academic experience includes management assignments in marketing, industrial engineering, and strategic planning. He is also a Principal in a small consulting practice specializing in strategic planning, marketing strategy and research, and general business practices. Clientele includes private firms, not-for-profit organizations, and government agencies. A retired military officer (colonel), his assignments were in combat communications and intelligence.
