Alberto Tapada, natural de Sapiões – Vila Real

Education:

  • Complementary Course / Camilo Castelo Branco High School
  • Archaeology – Frequency 4th year FLUP
  • Higher Course in Cultural Animation – Árvore I Teaching Cooperative
  • Post-graduate Degree in Management of Thematic Tourism Routes – UTAD
  • Master in Tourism – Local Resources, Animation and Development
  • Doctorate in Development, Societies and Territories – UTAD
  • Researcher at CETRAD/UTAD

Professional experience:

  • Cooperative Leader
  • Associative Manager
  • Entrepreneur
  • Coordinator of the Culture and Historical Heritage Sector of the Municipality of Valongo
  • Vice-President of REMAM – Rede Mundial das Associações Magalhânicas

Main Publications:

  • Astrotourism and sustainable development in the Tua Valley Nature Park: Visions of Stakeholders
  • Astrotourism: A Literature Review and Frame – Work for Future Research
  • Networks in tourism planning: Stakeholders’ perceptions of an astrotourism project

Main Projects:

  • Creation of REMAM – World Network of Magellanic Associations
  • Meetings from Douro Project – AETUR (Associação dos Empresários Turísticos do Douro e Trás-os-Montes)
  • GlobalTEC Project – AETUR (Association of Tourism Businessmen of Douro and Trás-os-Montes)
  • Various projects for the internationalisation of the Douro brand, as part of the coordination activities of AETUR (Association of Tourism Businessmen of the Douro and Trás-os-Montes)”.