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About the authors
Carlos Oliveira Fernandes is an assistant professor at the Escola Superior de
Tecnologia e Gestão of the Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Portugal).
Contact information is the following: e-mail cfernandes@estg.ipvc.pt or fax +351 258
827636. He is a Ph.D. student at Bournemouth University (U.K.). Research interests
include tourism as a strategy for local development. Main publications include:
Edwards, J.; Fernandes, C.; (1999) “Espigueiros and Emigrants— Tourism Activities in
a Peripheral Area of Portugal”; Journal of International Tourism and Hospitality
Research, 1, pp. 329-340.
Edwards, J; Fernandes, C.; Vaughan, R.; Fox, J.; (2000) “Tourism Brand Attributes of
the Alto Minho”, in Tourism and Sustainable Community Development, edited by Greg
Richards and Derek Hall, Routledge (London), pp. 285-296.
Fernandes, C., Sousa, L, (1999) “Initiatives for Developing Textile Crafts in the Alto
Minho”, in Developing and Marketing Crafts Tourism, edited by Greg Richards, ATLAS,
(Tilburg), pp. 55-71.
Fernandes, C., “Conservação do Meio Rural e Diversificação da Economia Rural”,
(1999) dos Algarves, Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo da Universidade
do Algarve, nº. 4, pp. 9-13.
Richards, G.; Fernandes, C., (2000), “Turismo Cultural: Um Sector em Crescimento do
Mercado Turístico”, dos Algarves, nº. 6, Escola Superior de Gestão Hoteleira e
Turismo da Universidade do Algarve (forthcoming).
Fernandes, C., Botelho, J.A., (2000), “Informação Turística e o Centro de
Interpretação em Áreas Rurais Periféricas”, dos Algarves, Escola Superior de Gestão
Hoteleira e Turismo of Universidade do Algarve, (forthcoming).
Fernandes, C., Sousa, L., (2000) , O Sector Cultural e a Diversificação da Oferta
Turística na Região do Alto Minho”, Centro de Estudos Regionais de Viana do Castelo,
(forthcoming).
Charlotte R. Rassing is a tourism consultant and Ph.D. Researcher at the Research
Centre of Bornholm (Denmark). Contact information is the following: e-mail
rassing@rcb.dk or fax +45 56494624. She is Ph.D. student at Bournemouth University
(U.K.) on the subject “Yield management in the restaurant sector”. Special research
interests include quantitative tourism analysis, statistical data processing and trend
analysis. Recent publications include:
Gyimóthy, S.; Rassing, C.R.; Wanhill, S. (2000) “Marketing works but somebody ought
to tell the suppliers”; International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
(forthcoming).
Lindberg, K.; Dellaert, B.G.D.; Rassing, C.R. (1999) “Resident Tradeoffs: A Choice
Modeling Approach”; Annals of Tourism Research, vol 26, nº 3, pp. 554-569.