Coordination
Carlos Santos – Researcher at CEEApla (Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Universidade dos Açores and President of the Sustainable Tourism Observatory of the Azores)
Carlos Costa – Chair of the PNT Executive Committee
Guest researchers
Gualter Couto – Faculty of Economics and Management of the Universidade dos Açores
Ana Isabel Moniz – Faculty of Economics and Management of the Universidade dos Açores
Teresa Medeiros – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade dos Açores
Luiz Pinto Machado – Universidade da Madeira
António Manuel Martins de Almeida – Universidade da Madeira.
Invited researchers
Carlos Picanço – Commercial and Marketing Director of Futurismo Azores Adventures;
Cláudia Faias – Director of the Ciprotur hotel group;
Carolina Mendonça – Coordinator of the Sustainability Structure of the Azores Tourism Destination;
Eugénio Neves – Director-General for Tourism of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Objectives
The PNT’s sectoral think tank on island tourism aims to promote discussion on the specific characteristics of tourism on islands, particularly on small islands with fragile ecosystems that are geared towards nature-based and cultural tourism at both national and international levels.
Its members comprise academics and researchers in the field of tourism, as well as officials from central government responsible for implementing sectoral policies on sustainable tourism on islands, and representatives from business groups. The objectives relating to the various aspects of sustainable tourism on islands aim to:
- Discuss the main challenges associated with sustainability, creativity and innovation in island tourism;
- To discuss the issue of accessibility in isolated and peripheral island territories;
- To develop policies and strategies for sustainable tourism on small islands.
