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Contemporary society is experiencing a critical phase, being constantly exposed to pressure, to a general massification and to an increasing tendency for products’ and services’ standardization. The way we live in community is more and more individualized and therefore individuals are losing their social and cultural identity.
Tourism industry reflects the developed Western societies’ lifestyle. Consumed as a mass product, there is an over-exploitation of the natural, social and cultural resources, directly affecting the local populations and creating a clear imbalance in the destination.
In 1986 the Slow movement emerges and tries to counter this prevailing phenomenon, promoting socio-economic, cultural and environmental sustainability in small towns.
With this, new Slow movements emerged, such as Slow Tourism and Slow Cities, being increasingly valued, not only by the cities that promote them, but also by the tourists that choose to practice a more sustainable and ecological type of tourism. The Slow concept is important, seen as a contribution to the residents’ life quality increase and also the cities and tourist valorization. The Slow Cities movement couples the ideals of the Slow movement to the urban context, promoting in the cities a sustainable development.
In Portugal, this movement is recent, existing only six Portuguese cities in the Slow Cities network. This study main aim is to analyze the potential and specificities that the city of Viseu offers in order to formalize a future application to the Cittaslow International Network.
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Slow Movement Slow Tourism Sustainable Development Slow Cities Cittaslow
Citation
Ferreira, P., Barroco C. e Seabra, C. (2016). Slow Cities Movement: an opportunity for the city of Viseu. A Pathway for the generation of Tourism Research, Proceedings of the EATSA Conference 2016, Lisbon, Peniche & Coimbra, Portugal, Edited by Francisco Dias, Gracio Editor (p. 39).
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Gracio Editor