Jaime Serra

Co-founder of ASTO – Alentejo Sustainable Tourism Observatory, part of UNWTO-INSTO since 2018, and currently a member of the management and scientific team. He has been a lecturer in higher education since 2000 and currently he is a lecturer at the University of Évora and a researcher at the CIDEHUS Research Unit, exercising his professional activity in the field of various matters related to the tourism sector. His research interests focus on tourism demand trends; consumer behaviour in tourism and quantitative methods applied to tourism. He has several publications in the field. He holds a PhD in tourism (from the University of Algarve), a master’s in business management (marketing branch) (from the University of Évora) and a degree in tourism strategy and management (from the Polytechnic Institute of Beja). He was a member of the Regional Observatory for Tourism in the Alentejo (2010-2015) and also participated in several regional projects and initiatives over the last fifteen years. More information at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0299-4649

 
             Joana Lima

Co-founder of ASTO – Alentejo Sustainable Tourism Observatory, part of UNWTO-INSTO since 2018 and currently a member of the management and scientific team. She holds a PhD in tourism and a master’s in tourism management and development (from the University of Aveiro) and a degree in economics (from the University of Coimbra). She is a lecturer at the University of Évora and a researcher at the CIDEHUS Research Unit. She develops her research activity in the field of various matters related to the tourism sector and she has several publications on the field. Her research interests currently focus on family tourism, social tourism, tourism impacts/effects, tourist experience and sustainable tourism. She was a research assistant at the University of Aveiro for eight years in several scientific projects. She is a member of the ISTO - Alliance on Training and Research in Social and Fair Tourism. More information in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7393-3640

 
 Maria do Rosário Borges

Co-founder of ASTO – Alentejo Sustainable Tourism Observatory, part of the UNWTO-INSTO since 2018 and currently a member of the management and scientific team. She holds a PhD in tourism, a master’s in information management and a degree in tourism management and planning (from the University of Aveiro). She has been a lecturer in higher education since 1998, currently lectures at the University of Évora and is a researcher member of the CIDEHUS Research Unit. She exercises her professional activity in the field of various matters related to the tourism sector and she has several publications in the field. Her current research interests focus on sustainable tourism, tourism governance, routes/itineraries and education. She joined the Regional Observatory for Tourism in the Alentejo (2010-2015) and also participated in several regional projects and initiatives over the last twenty years. More information at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2519-7535

 
          Noémi Marujo

Co-founder of ASTO – Alentejo Sustainable Tourism Observatory, part of UNWTO-INSTO since 2018 and currently a member of the management and scientific team. Noemi holds a PhD in tourism and a master’s in sociology (from the University of Évora) and also a degree in communication sciences (from the University of Beira Interior). She is a lecturer at the University of Évora and a researcher at the CIDEHUS Research Unit. She exercises her professional activity in the field of various matters related to the tourism sector and has several publications in the field. Her research interests focus on cultural tourism, tourism, development and sustainability. She joined the Regional Observatory for Tourism in the Alentejo (2010-2015) as the researcher in charge of the UÉ team and also participated in several projects and initiatives over the last fifteen years. More information at https://www.dsoc.uevora.pt/pessoas/(id)/14037

            Mónica Brito

She has a PhD in Tourism, Leisure and Culture (with a specialisation in Tourism and Development) from the University of Coimbra and a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Évora. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Évora | School of Social Sciences, a researcher at CIDEHUS and a collaborator at CEGOT. Her research interests lie in blue tourism, health and wellness tourism, tourism planning and development and entrepreneurship and innovation in tourism, and she has taught and published in these areas. He has held various management positions in the public and private sectors and has extensive experience in project management. More information at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-<wbr></wbr>9952-92

         Áurea Rodrigues

She has a PhD in Tourism from the University of Aveiro. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Tourism Studies at the Department of Sociology and an associate member of CIDEHUS, University of Évora, Portugal. Her current research interests include astrotourism, consumer behaviour in tourism and sustainable development of tourism in rural destinations. His articles have been published in several scientific journals, including the Journal of Vacation Marketing, European Countryside, International Journal of Tourism Research, Tourism Planning & Development, Tourism Analysis and Anatolia. Email: aor@uevora.pt. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-<wbr></wbr>0002-4989-5365

 
            Eva Milheiro

 
            Gorete Dinis

Holds a PhD in Tourism, a Master’s degree in Innovation, Planning and Development Policies, and a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism Management and Planning, all from the University of Aveiro. She is an Adjunct Professor and Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Tourism at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre / ESECS. She is an integrated member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) and a collaborator at the CITUR Algarve research center.She coordinated the Operational Tourism Plan for Campo Maior and led the Plataforma Alto Alentejo XXI project focused on tourism. She was part of the team for the Alentejo Regional Tourism Observatory project, funded by INALENTEJO – Alentejo Regional Operational Program, and the Operational Tourism Plan for Portalegre, funded by the Portalegre City Council.
Currently, she is involved in the international projects: “Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Laboratory at the Fluminense Federal Institute – São João da Barra Campus: Development of Immersive and Virtual Educational Content and Virtual Professor (e-Prof)” at IFF; “Link Me Up – 1000 Ideas”, a system supporting the co-creation of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship, funded by COMPETE; and the Facilitator Training – Innovative Pedagogical Training Project, funded by POCH. She also participated in UNESCO's International Pilot Project on Thematic Indicators for Culture, promoted by UNESCO and the Elvas City Council.
She serves on the editorial boards of several national and international journals, and on the scientific committees of national and international conferences, having reviewed articles and book chapters.In recent years, her research has focused on the areas of planning, management and digital marketing of tourist destinations, tourism indicators and statistics, ICT applied to tourism, big data in tourism, and media in tourism.

            Ana Balão

PhD in Sociology from the University of Évora. Invited adjunct lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre and a member of CICS.NOVA.UÉvora. She has been involved in research/study project teams, particularly those focused on reflection and analysis in low-density territories, including the team responsible for the Strategic Tourism Development Plan for the Municipality of Vila de Rei (2020/2022). She is part of the team developing the Definition and Operationalization of a Methodological Framework for the Collection and Analysis of Statistical Data | Historic Villages of Portugal Network.
She was part of the international project Link Me Up – 1000 Ideas – a system to support the co-creation of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship, funded by COMPETE, as well as the Facilitator Training – Innovative Pedagogical Training Project, funded by POCH, having served as a facilitator for the Off the Grid Moments Experience Tourism project (1st place in the regional phase, representing the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre in the national phase – Beja 2022).
She is the coordinator of the Avis Nautical Station.
Her research and publications focus on intermunicipal cooperation, strategic foresight, networks, local development, and nautical tourism. She has been accepted to undergo the qualification process for the Specialist Title in Tourism (Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre). She is currently pursuing a PhD in Tourism at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

 
            Ana da Silva

Adjunct Professor at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém. Member of the Research Centre in Arts and Communication – Digital Literacy and Social Inclusion Cluster. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Vigo. She has been awarded the Title of Specialist in Education and Non-Formal Intervention: Sociocultural Animation and Animator Training.She coordinates the area of Sociocultural Animation at IPSantarém. Between 2014 and 2020, she coordinated the Bachelor's degree in Environmental Education and Nature Tourism, the short-cycle degree (TeSP) in Sociocultural Animation Applied to Ecotourism, and the vocational training course (CET) in Sociocultural Animation Applied to Tourism at IPSantarém.
Her main areas of interest are sociocultural and tourism animation, sustainability and cultural heritage, and cultural and nature tourism itineraries. More information at: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/0C1D-E090-4C94

 
            José Santos
    

(Since 2023) President of the Executive Committee of the Turismo do Alentejo, E.R.T.
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             Vítor Silva

(2020-2023) President of the Executive Committee of the Turismo do Alentejo, E.R.T.
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      António Ceia da Silva
          

(2017-2020) President of the Executive Committee of the Turismo do Alentejo, E.R.T.
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         Sérgio Guerreiro
   

Director of Knowledge Management and Innovation of Turismo de Portugal, I.P. and President of the Tourism Committee of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
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           Patrícia Seguro
   

Director of the Business Intelligence Department / Knowledge Management Director of the Turismo de Portugal, I.P.
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