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  • Relatório de estágio curricular - Realvitur viagens e turismo
    Publication . Bartolomeu, Gerson Danilo De Lemos; Agapito, Dora; Cesário, Marisa
    De forma a concluir o ciclo de estudos de Economia do Turismo e Desenvolvimento Regional, oferecido pela Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Algarve, foi realizado o estágio curricular na agência de viagens Realvitur. A decisão por essa opção de finalização de curso decorreu da vontade de experienciar o contexto laboral no ramo do turismo, com especial interesse em conhecer a jornada do cliente numa agência de viagens e aplicar os conhecimentos adquiridos ao longo do mestrado, desenvolvendo dessa forma competências no âmbito da análise do perfil do consumidor. O propósito do presente documento é o de descrever as tarefas realizadas ao longo das horas de estágio (320 horas, conforme solicitado pelo regulamento da universidade), enquadrando a ação numa revisão de literatura que conecta conceitos de marketing e comportamento do consumidor, com foco na experiência do consumidor no contexto da crescente digitalização no âmbito das agências de viagens. As funções desempenhadas centraram-se no suporte comercial. O candidato desenvolveu tarefas de assistente na equipa de marketing, abrindo assim a oportunidade de comunicar possíveis melhorias de marketing e permitindo compreender a interação dos consumidores com a agência. O relatório está dividido em cinco capítulos: introdução, enquadramento teórico das principais temáticas do estágio, metodologia de investigação e descrição da entidade acolhedora do estágio e respetivas tarefas desempenhadas. Por fim, as considerações finais e respetiva crítica sobre o estágio curricular são apresentadas. A realização do estágio curricular permitiu o desenvolvimento de competências nas diversas áreas em que o estagiário exerceu funções e um melhor entendimento sobre a relação entre a teoria assimilada durante o mestrado e as dinâmicas reais de mercado, especialmente na área do turismo, considerando o contexto atual económico.
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  • Innovation in tourism: the importance of collaborative networks for innovation in tourism-related sectors
    Publication . Ademuyiwa, Abiola Sodeeq; Cesário, Marisa; Agapito, Dora Lúcia Miguel
    This study examines how tourism firms in Portugal innovate, with a specific focus on product and process innovation, collaboration, and barriers that prevents them from collaborating for innovation activities. The research is based on a subsample of 505 tourism-related companies. The main findings of the research shows that tourism firms in Portugal focus more on process innovation than product innovation. In addition to that, our findings also revealed that innovation activities in Portugal is mostly firm-based and not cooperation based. The methodological approach of this research involves quantitative analysis of firm-level data from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2020. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were employed to examine the relationships between cooperation for innovation activities and process/product innovation. The study also discusses the theoretical implications and how these findings can help improve theories about innovation and collaboration, especially in the tourism industry in Portugal. Recommendations made for policymakers and stakeholders include, but not limited to initiating all forms of incentive to encourage and motivate firms to invest in research and development, making it flexible to get access to funding, and encouraging partnerships between firms and academia. Firms should also develop their own innovation strategies and create a culture that supports innovation.
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  • Marine biodegradation of natural potential carrier substrates for seagrass restoration
    Publication . Pieraccini, Riccardo; Nebel, Kai; Engelen, Aschwin; Rautenbach, Sarah
    Seagrass meadows provide essential ecosystem services but have been strongly declining over the past. Due to their incapability to recover effectively naturally, assisted restoration is used. This study aimed to test textile fabrics from natural derivatives to serve as carrier substrates for seagrass transplantation. The use of biotextile fabrics should enable seagrasses to better withstand hydrodynamic forces, especially in highenergy areas and during autumn and winter storms in the initial phase of restoration, thereby increasing restoration success. Here, the biodegradation behavior of three natural textiles was assessed in different configurations. Coir, sisal, and jute meshes were fixed on the top and bottom of a coir nonwoven mat, forming a so-called “sandwich structure.” Specimens were buried in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, Portugal, and retrieved weekly within the first months of burial and subsequently monthly over a total period of 3 months. Weight, tensile strength, and oxygen consumption rate were used as descriptors for biodegradation and tested after each retrieval.
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