Creative tourist experiences in peri-urban natural areas

Sintra-Cascais Natural Park

Abstract

This paper assumes responsible nature tourism and the supply of creative experiences as elements that enhance the sustainability of natural spaces, focusing on peri-urban scenarios. The presented data results from empirical research in three habitat management territories of Sintra-Cascais Natural Park with specific conservation goals, involving the application questionnaires to visitors and semi-structured interviews to stakeholders with direct or indirect responsibility on the management of these territories. The interest of stimulating creative experiences in these territories is concluded, as the involvement of visitors in co-creation scenarios may stimulate their sensitization, behavioural changes and sense of appropriation, reinforcing the resilience of peri-urban natural areas.