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- A dyadic approach to adolescents’ risky online behaviorsPublication . Agapito, Dora; Brito, Pedro QuelhasThis research analyzes the discrepancies respecting parents' and their children's perspectives on adolescents' risky online behaviors and parental mediation. Rather than focus solely on youth outcomes, this study explores dyadic data, by comparing reports from adolescents attending 7th to 12th grades in Portuguese schools and those of their parents (N=1016). Moreover, this research considers the existence of defense mechanisms influencing adolescents' reports, a factor that has been neglected in previous studies. Differences regarding adolescents' gender, parents' gender, and adolescents' school year are considered and tested using One-way ANOVA. Within the family unit, the only members considered by adolescents to have the same or more online and computer skills than the teenagers themselves are their older siblings. Practical implications aiming to mitigate the risk involved in adolescents' online experiences, and theoretical contributions to the field of prevention and youth well-being in the context of consumer behavior in the digital age are discussed.
- Um contributo do marketing sensorial para o marketing da experiência turística ruralPublication . Agapito, Dora; Mendes, Júlio; Pinto, Patrícia; Almeida, Hugo de AlmeidaA importância dos cinco sentidos humanos – visão, audição, olfato, paladar e tato – no marketing de experiências turísticas positivas, únicas e memoráveis tem vindo a ser enfatizada no âmbito da investigação em turismo. Particularmente, a riqueza multissensorial e a vulnerabilidade dos recursos endógenos existentes nas áreas rurais, com características divergentes do ambiente urbano e potenciadoras de atividades ligadas à natureza e aos ativos rurais, justificam um marketing da experiência turística adequado ao desenvolvimento sustentável das áreas rurais. Considerando o contributo do marketing sensorial para o design de um ambiente potenciador de experiências turísticas desejáveis e para a segmentação de turistas, o presente trabalho pretende refletir sobre o papel dos cinco sentidos no marketing de experiências turísticas que reforcem o desenvolvimento sustentável dos destinos rurais.
- Designing tourist experiences in the countrysidePublication . Agapito, Dora; Pinto, Patrícia; Mendes, JúlioThe rise of the experiential paradigm in conceptualizing tourism has directed special attention to the five senses - sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch - in designing tourist experiences. Additionally, a multidisciplinary literature approach shows the importance of all the senses in human perception, suggesting multiple sensory experiences in geographical encounters, such as in tourism destinations. In the countryside, tourist experiences are highly based on a diversified collection of undeveloped resources, offering multiple sensory stimuli that can be managed in order to design and enhance tourist experiences and bolster natural resources, in a view to a sustainable local development. This study aims to understand the role of human senses in designing tourist experiences in the countryside. A survey was presented to tourists in rural lodgings. Sensory experiences emerged from a content analysis followed by a multiple correspondence analysis, suggesting that sensory information is suitable for theming tourist experiences in rural areas. Practical implications are discussed.
- Destination image: perspectives of tourists vs. residentsPublication . Agapito, Dora; Mendes, Júlio; Pinto, PatríciaThis study aims to measure the image of Lagos in the Algarve region, the most important Portuguese destination, using a cognitive, affective and behavioral approach. Given the lack of studies which compare the perspectives of tourists and residents, the empirical investigation includes a mixed methodology enabling a holistic approach followed by a quantitative methodology with the use of questionnaires for both tourists and residents. The attributes that are more consensually associated with Lagos are the good weather and good beaches, although these variables do not have significant discriminatory power for "recommendation of the destination to friends and family" as the dependent variable.
- Destination image: perspectives of tourists vs. residentsPublication . Agapito, Dora; Mendes, Júlio; Pinto, PatríciaThis study aims to measure the image of Lagos in the Algarve region, the most important Portuguese destination, in a cognitive, affective and behavioral approach. Given the lack of studies which compare the perspectives of tourists and residents, the empirical investigation includes a mixed methodology enabling a holistic approach followed by a quantitative methodology with the use of questionnaires. The attributes that are more consensually associated with Lagos are the good weather and good beaches, although these variables do not have significant discriminatory power for “recommendation of the destination to friends and family” as the dependent variable, in a CHAID analysis.
- Destination Image: Tourists' perspective versus residents' perspectivePublication . Agapito, Dora; Mendes, Júlio; Patrícia, Patrícia Oom doThe study of destination image has been asserting itself as an instrument of differentiation, helping to increase the destinations competitiveness. Despite being a well-documented topic in the literature, there had been a lack of studies to compare the perspectives of tourists with the residents. The main objective of this study is to measure the image of Lagos in the Algarve region, the most important Portuguese destination, comparing the perspectives of tourists and residents in a cognitive, affective and behavioral approach. The empirical investigation included a mixed methodology. First, in an exploratory phase, the analysis of open-ended questions allowed to detect the attributes for the analysis of the cognitive component, enabling a holistic approach. Then, the use of questionnaires to a sample of 379 tourists and 378 residents provided a quantitative methodology, using descriptive indicators, hypotheses tests and the multivariate CHAID technique. Results indicate a positive global destination image in the perspective of both stakeholders. The attributes more consensually associated with Lagos are the „good weather‟ and „good beaches‟, although these variables have not significant discriminatory power for the dependent variable „recommendation of the destination to friends and family‟, in the CHAID analysis. Thus, in the tourists‟ perspective, the „interesting cultural heritage‟ is the most significant explanatory variable, while for the residents this is translated into „good value for money‟. In the emotional approach, both stakeholders associate the destination to the adjectives “arousing/exciting/pleasant”.
- Exploring residential satisfaction in shrinking cities: a decision-tree approachPublication . Barreira, Ana Paula; Agapito, Dora; Panagopoulos, Thomas; Guimarães, Maria HelenaThe number of cities experiencing population decline has been increasing worldwide. Despite the existence of theoretical propositions of shrinkage as an opportunity to increase levels of residential satisfaction, the issue has not been addressed empirically. This article contributes to fill this gap by assessing, through survey, the residential satisfaction of inhabitants of four shrinking Portuguese cities. Data were analysed by means of a tree-decision approach: the Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection analysis. A sense of safety is the feature that best discriminates inhabitants' level of residential satisfaction. The results show that shrinkage due to deindustrialisation processes is detrimental to residential satisfaction.
- Exploring the conceptualization of the sensory dimension of tourist experiencesPublication . Agapito, Dora; Pinto, Patrícia; Mendes, JúlioThis paper aims to contribute to the conceptualization of the sensory dimension of tourist experiences by discussing its theoretical underpinnings. A multidisciplinary approach to the human senses shows their importance to the individual’s experience and perception of the surrounding world, recommending the appropriateness of a holistic analysis of sensescapes in tourism. A review of empirical studies conducted under the experiential paradigm of tourism on the five human senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) evinces the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, which depends on research purposes, but also the practical implications of findings and data analysis to destination marketing and management. The paper discusses the role of the senses in designing tourist experiences, and identifies important topics regarding the study of the sensory dimension of tourist experiences, considering future research opportunities.
- A imagem de Lagos enquanto destino turístico: perspectiva dos turistas versus perspectiva dos residentesPublication . Agapito, Dora; Mendes, Júlio; Valle, Patrícia Oom doO estudo da imagem dos destinos turísticos tem vindo a afirmar-se como instrumento de diferenciação, contribuindo para o aumento da competitividade dos destinos. Apesar de ser um tema bem documentado na literatura, assiste-se a uma carência de estudos que permitam comparar as perspectivas dos turistas, público pelo qual as organizações responsáveis pela gestão dos destinos competem pela atenção, com a dos residentes, actores passivos e activos no processo de formação da imagem do destino. O principal objectivo do estudo consiste em medir a imagem percebida de Lagos, concelho da região do Algarve, enquanto destino turístico, comparando as perspectivas dos turistas e dos residentes, numa abordagem cognitiva, afectiva e comportamental. Na investigação empírica recorre-se a uma metodologia mista, que permite detectar, numa fase exploratória, atributos para a análise da componente cognitiva, possibilitando uma abordagem holística, através da utilização de questões abertas. A aplicação de questionários a uma amostra de 379 turistas e de 378 residentes possibilita uma metodologia quantitativa, com recurso a indicadores descritivos, a testes de hipóteses e à técnica multivariada CHAID. Os resultados obtidos apontam para uma imagem global positiva do destino, na perspectiva dos dois públicos. Os atributos que, de forma mais consensual, se associam a Lagos são o “clima” e as “praias”, muito embora as variáveis referidas não tenham poder discriminatório significativo relativamente à variável dependente “recomendação do destino a amigos e familiares”, na análise CHAID. Neste aspecto, na perspectiva dos turistas, o “património cultural de grande interesse” é a variável explicativa mais significativa, enquanto que, para os residentes, esta traduz-se no “bom nível de preços”. Na abordagem afectiva, ambos os públicos associam o destino aos adjectivos “dinâmico/excitante/agradável”.
- Impacte da Inteligência Artificial (IA) na Construção de um Turismo Experiencial InclusivoPublication . Almeida, Helena; Lampreia-Carvalho, Fatima; Agapito, Dora; Rosa, Manuela PiresEm 2016, a Organização Mundial do Turismo (OMT) abraçou o imperativo de fomentar a acessibilidade e inclusão no âmbito do turismo ao escolher o tema "Acessibilidade Universal: Turismo para Todos". Para compreender como chegámos a este ponto, é importante destacar a evolução conceptual e política na forma como a sociedade tem encarado as pessoas com deficiências. Esta evolução culminou na conclusão de que as pessoas com deficiência devem desfrutar de todos os direitos garantidos pelos governos, pois essa perceção pode ter um impacte significativo na sua qualidade de vida. Documentos regulatórios e declarações internacionais ajudam-nos a explorar como a perceção da sociedade em relação à deficiência tem evoluído ao longo do tempo e o impacte que tem tido tanto ao nível da conceptualização da deficiência como também na perceção que a sociedade tem sobre as pessoas com deficiência e da sua capacidade de desfrutar de viagens turísticas.
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