The spacialization of commodities in the tourism: proposal of a methodology applied to flows in case Coimbra and Figueira da Foz - Portugal

Abstract

The geographic studies which has tourism as the object of study has always been restricted to the effects resultant of the activity, without considering that behind this “happening” there is a set of activities that support the tourists’ stay. The presented research seeks to explore and to know what, where, and when exchanges of commodities that will offer support to tourism the demand for commodities of the reception site, specifically where there are large scale hotel companies. The mapping has also permitted to verify how the goods’ flows are distributed and what the intensity of these spatial relationships are.occur.Therefore, the paper aims to propose one spatialization’s methodology of flows of goods that support tourism in Coimbra - Portugal, using an array of disciplines. The survey results have both identified and analyzed how the hinterland spaces of these areas responded to.