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- Contributes to the profile of the brazilian literary tourist: experience and motivationPublication . Baleiro, Rita; Viegas, Margarida; Faria, DiomiraThis exploratory and quantitative research aims to contribute data on individuals engaging in literary tourism regarding organisation and preparation practices, visited literary places, travel motivations and surprising aspects of the experience. To collect data, an online questionnaire survey was sent to the participants in a literary festival, enquiring about previous literary-inspired visits. The findings indicate that writers’ house museums are the most visited literary tourist attraction and that visitors in an upper-income bracket prepare their literary-inspired visits autonomously by conducting online research and (re)reading the literary texts. In contrast, those in a lower-income bracket often rely on viewing audio-visual adaptations of books. Concerning the motivation to go on literary touring, most respondents indicate the amplification of knowledge about the literary work and the author. In the experience of literary tourism, the analysis of the data reveals there is an emotional and intellectual interaction in which imagination and visualisation intervene to co-create the literary place. These findings are analysed after the concepts of experience, motivation and de-differentiation in tourism studies and the concept of “realisation” borrowed from the transactional theory of meaning formation.
- I have my eyes fixed ahead : A contribution to the African literary landscapePublication . Baleiro, Rita; Coelho-Florent, AdrianaThis exploratory and conceptual paper aims to demonstrate the relevance of literary heritage to enhance the tourist experience and development of the Chão Bom Resistance Museum in Tarrafal (Cape Verde). This study contributes to the construction of the African literary landscape and lls the gap in the research on literary tourism in African destinations. Methodologically, the paper analyses primary and secondary data to identify literary texts and authors associated with the site that can help shape the site's literary landscape and suggest literary tourism products and experiences be implemented at the museum. The study is grounded in literary tourism studies, in the notion that literature can play a signi cant testimonial and enhancing role in tourism. It reviews the literature on literary tourism in African destinations. The main ndings point towards a substantive gap in the literature concerning literary tourism in African countries and a need for cultural promotion of literary tourist destinations aimed at both literary and non-literary tourists
- Dark literary tourism in difficult heritage: Exploring the potential of the Chão Bom Resistance MuseumPublication . Baleiro, Rita; Coelho-Florent, Adriana; Sara Cerqueira Pascoal; Laura Tallone; Marco FurtadoThe chapter departs from the broader concept of dark tourism and the sub-niche of prison tourism to propose a definition of dark literary tourism to bring to light the potential of the Chão Bom Resistance Museum as a dark literary place and discuss the educational and cultural functions of such sites as gateways to past historical events, their characters and literary works.