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Nautical Tourism in the North Atlantic: The Development of Yachting in the Azores Islands
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Author(s): Luís Silveira (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), Norberto Santos (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), Claudete Oliveira Moreira (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)and Rui Ferreira (CEGOT, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 19
Source title:
Managing, Marketing, and Maintaining Maritime and Coastal Tourism
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mónica Morais de Brito (CEGOT, Portugal & Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal), Alvaro Dias (Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal & ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal)and Mafalda Patuleia (Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1522-8.ch012
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Abstract
The archipelago of the Azores only recently (late 20th century) began to select tourism as one of the levers for the development of the territory. Although nature tourism is the main tourist product, other products have been determined to complement the territory's characteristics. Among them is nautical tourism, specifically yacht tourism. This tourism segment generates multiple economic opportunities, directly and indirectly. In the Azores, development of nautical tourism centered on the expansion and construction of marinas, providing seven of the nine islands with at least one such structure. Construction of the new marinas did not decrease the number of yachts and crew using the old ones. In fact, these numbers increased in practically all marinas and islands. Most yachtsmen are European, and an average of almost four people per yacht visit the Azores between April and October.
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