Álvaro Matias

Advances in Modern Tourism Research

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Impact of Tourism

In the ancient history, the Argonauts were symbolizing man’s unrestricted desire to seek for something unique, under difficult and unknown circumstances. The Argonauts sailed in their ship, named Argo, through the Bosporus to the Black Sea. On board were many well-known Greek heroes, amongst others, Heracles, Nestor, Orpheus and Theseus, while the captain in charge was Jason. Their discovery tour led to spectacular adventures, but at the end they managed to fetch the Golden Fleece. This episode of Greek mythology took place several years before the Trojan War, but illustrates clearly the drive of mankind to explore the unknown.

Evaluation of the Interrailers’ Satisfaction Regarding the Tourism Services and Activities in Italy, Greece and Croatia

Tourists are often confronted with a large quantity and variety of services and activities, aimed to satisfy their every quest and dream of knowing new places and people of different backgrounds. Tourism Organizations know too well that in order to satisfy tourists, it’s fundamental to gain their full satisfaction.

A general equilibrium analysis of casino taxation in Portugal.

In Portugal, casinos are taxed at a 50% rate and the tax receipts are allocated to Turismo de Portugal, which can use it in different ways – subsidizing tourism firms, advertising and so on. A recent study shows that casino demand in Portugal is originated predominantly in the domestic market. There is a debate about (i) the level of the tax levied on casinos and (ii) how the tax receipts should be used, as tourists rarely visit casinos. The paper contributes to this debate. The authors develop a dynamic general equilibrium model of a small open economy, comprising an industrial sector producing an internationally traded good, a tourism sector producing tourism services offered to both foreign tourists and residents and a casino sector supplying gambling services. Domestic residents derive utility from consuming the traded good, tourism services and gambling. The model is calibrated to the Portuguese economy. Using numerical simulations, the authors discuss the welfare effects of abandoning the taxation of casinos, as well as of different uses of casino tax receipts.

Customer satisfaction and expenditure behaviour in musical festivals: The optimus primavera sound case study

We evaluate the determinants of the two different types of tourists’ expenditure behaviour at a musical festival: the expenditure per day in the city of the event and expenses in the enclosure during the event. We prove that the domestic tourists who live out of the town of the event and foreigners who came purposely for the event spend more in the enclosure. Comparing the expenditures in the city, foreigners spend more in town than the nationals who came from out of the city. Four distinct factors of satisfaction emerged in the application of the factorial analysis: organization of the festival, kind of music, conditions of the enclosure and accessibility to the venue. It was also found that the most satisfied with the event also have a higher propensity to spend more on the enclosure and in the city. This research reveals an important framework for event managers and for politicians. The results of this study will be important for the promotion and dissemination by the event organization to the extent that marketing campaigns should be directed to the identification of socio-demographic characteristics of the tourists, the factors of satisfaction and the lovers of the event that positively contribute to the expenditure in the city and in the enclosure. The results may be of interest to politicians, as the event, if properly assessed and planned, can be used as important marketing strategy in cities where it occurs. Moreover, this kind of event is already part of an itinerary tourism tour and for this reason, its social, cultural and economic importance will have to be properly assessed.

Optimality of Casino Taxation – The Case of Portugal

In Portugal, casinos are taxed at a 50% rate, and the tax receipts are allocated to “Turismo de Portugal”, which can use it in several ways, including subsidizing tourism firms and advertising. A recent study showed that casino demand in Portugal is predominantly originated in the domestic market. Hence, there is a debate about if casinos should be taxed so heavily.

Decisive Criteria for Strategic Management in the Air Transport Sector

This paper analyses the strategy formation, with the focus on the criteria that may be considered decisive for passenger companies in the air transport sector. The methodology followed in this study starts with a review of the literature, followed by an empirical research based on two methods: an inquiry addressed to the employees of the airlines operating in Portugal and interviews conducted to top managers of different types of airlines operating in Portugal. The main conclusions are that 50 % of the survey respondents and 100 % of interviewees report that the economic environment is the factor with largest influence on strategy formulation. 87 % of the top managers consider that the success of a strategy also depends on the resistance of the employees to new strategies. Another major point for the success of the strategy implementation is the involvement of employees at all stages of the process. This research is very important to the air transport sector, since the results reached can improve its strategy, due to the relevance given to employees, their alignment with strategic positions and the communication process in the implementation of the strategy.