Presentation

Tourism and heritage have a relationship that is whether conflicting, as if one’s success meant the other’s failure, or symbiotic, and cooperative, as if both walked in the same direction.

If we look closely to those situations where it is easier to recognize the success of the tourism-heritage relationship, we come to the conclusion that they have projects of revitalization and reinforcement of the sense of belonging in common. Here, the place becomes a project itself, the idea of territory is consolidated, communities are full participants.

The concept of sustainable tourism lies exactly in the ability that tourism dynamics show in terms of the inclusion of local communities. And the most relevant and up-to-date question regarding the tourism-heritage relationship is discovering to what extent tourism can be considered as a heritage protection element.

Mandatory registration for sessions I through III

Program

Session I Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 15:00-17:00h

Dilemmas and challenges for the relationship between Tourism and Heritage

Carlos Fortuna (CES/UC) – Heritage: the supreme human will to communicate

Paulo Peixoto (CES/UC) – World heritage and tourism: a relationship of proximity

Carina Gomes (CES) – Tourism beyond heritage

Session II Monday, October 25th, 2010, 09:30-11:30h

International cases: Tourism and ‘world heritage’ in evidence

Amaury Barbosa (Secretary for Tourism and Culture of Paraty and President of the Pro-Unesco Commission) – Paraty: A reference for Portuguese colonial heritage in Brazil

Xosé Santos Solla (University of Santiago de Compostela) – Tourism and pilgrimage in the holy year of 2010: its impacts

Session III Monday, October 25th, 2010, 14:30-17:00h

Good practices in the Tourism/Heritage relationship

Dália Paulo ­(Director-General for Culture of Algarve – Sagres: a support project for Algarve heritage

José Ernesto d’Oliveira ­(Évora Mayor) – Évora: world heritage

Margarida Alçada (Turismo de Portugal) – World Heritage – an opportunity for economic benefits

Session IV Tuesday, October 26th, 2010, 14:30-17:00h

Theft, trafficking, vandalizing and negligence of cultural assets

João Oliveira (Criminal Investigation Coordinator of the Lisbon Criminal Police Force) – Ways to fight theft, trafficking and vandalizing of cultural assets

José António Falcão (Department of Historical and Artistic Heritage of Beja Diocese) – Negligence and threats jeopardizing religious heritage

Note:This workshop integrates the 2^nd WHPO