The golf industry in the Portuguese economy

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Pedro Guerreiro
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/27194
• topic: Golf; Economia -- Economy; Turismo -- Tourism; Sustentabilidade -- Sustainability; Algarve; Portugal; Golfe

The golf business may seem irrelevant in the eyes of most, but it is of significant importance in the economy of certain areas of the country, with special emphasis on the Algarve region, which, due to its geographical location, enables the practice of the sport under favorable conditions during the twelve months of the year, which is one of the factors that helps to reduce seasonality in tourism. This study intends to analyze in depth this impact from a social, economic and ecological point of view, not only in the mentioned region, but also throughout the national territory, to later present solutions for its sustainable growth and a return to normality in a post-pandemic era, that decimated the tourism sector. In order to obtain concrete results, this study will be based on theoretical-practical questions whose answers will be obtained through interviews carried out in a formal context with golf professionals, especially course directors, coaches, professional players and golf business companies.